Surgical Strategies for Locally Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Colon carcinoma metastases with extension to chest wall and pericardium

Management of locally advanced colon cancer metastases is challenging and operation carries an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The knowledge of exact sites of involvement can aid the surgeon to make a decision regarding complete resection or palliative therapy. PET/CT scan is an advantage in this setting because metabolic alterations often precede the anatomic changes; moreover, it c...

Author's response to reviews Title: Application of tumor-node-metastasis staging 2002 version in locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: is it predictive of surgical outcome? Authors:

Primary lymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma: report of a locally advanced case and review of literature.

Lymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma is rare, which has been recognized as a variant of hepatocellular carcinoma. Here we report a locally advanced case of lymphoepithelioma-like hepatocellular carcinoma. A 50-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B virus infection presented with a single mass in the liver and two enlarged lymph nodes in retroperitoneum suspected to be hepatocellular c...

Treatment of Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Context: Locally advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is associated with a poor prognosis despite radical surgery. The surgical approach can differ according to tumour size, location, and vascular involvement. The development of molecular targeted therapies aroused new interest in adjuvant and neoadjuvant strategies. Objective: The aim of this article was to review trends in surgical approaches ...

Prognostic molecular markers in hepatocellular carcinoma (Review article

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the 5th commonest malignancy worldwide and is the third most common cause of cancer-related death. The prevalence is different in the world. The ability to predict patients at higher risk of recurrence and with a poor prognosis would help to guide surgical and chemotherapeutic treatment according to individual risk. As understanding of hepatocarcinogenesi...