Liver Cancer
This fifth volume of the series, Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis, discusses in detail the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of Liver Cancer. Both standard and emerging therapies for this cancer, written by expert oncologists/patholog
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Volume 5 Liver Cancer
M.A. Hayat Editor
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Liver Cancer
Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis Volume 5
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Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis Volume 5
Liver Cancer Edited by
M.A. Hayat Department of Biological Sciences, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA
Editor M.A. Hayat Department of Biological Sciences Kean University Union, NJ, USA
ISBN 978-1-4020-9803-1
e-ISBN 978-1-4020-9804-8
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Authors and Co-Authors of Volume 5
Maria I. Altbach Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA Tsutomu Araki Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Simokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan Rebecca Auer Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Health Research Institute, 501 Smyth Road, 7NE Cancer Assessment Clinic, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada Kazuo Awai Kumamoto University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860, Japan Yuji Baba Kumamoto University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860, Japan
Oliver F. Bathe Department of Surgery and Oncology, University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Center, 1331 29th Street, N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N2, Canada Andrew K. Burroughs Royal Free Hospital, Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Medicine, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK Ann F. Chambers Department of Medical Biophysics, London Regional Cancer Program, 790 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6 Frédéric Charlotte Service d’Anatomie Pathologie, GH La Pitié-Salpetrière, Boulevard de l’hôpital, 75013 Paris, France Chiung-Nien Chen Departments of Oncology and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 10002
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Authors and Co-Authors of Volume 5
Ann-Lii Cheng Departments of Oncology and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 10002
Kevin C. Graham Department of Medical Biophysics, London Regional Cancer Program, 790 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6
Byung Ihn Choi Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine 28, Yongon dong Chongno-gu, S
