Malignant Tumors of the Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts
It has been estimated that there are about 748,3000 cases of newly diagnosed liver cancer worldwide with a mortality of 695,900 cases each year. More than 80% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is discovered in sub-Saharan Africa or Asia, while the Western
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Surgical Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors
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Surgical Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors
Wen-Ming Cong Editor
Surgical Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors
Editor Wen-Ming Cong Department of Pathology Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
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Foreword
China has a high incidence of hepatobiliary tumors at present and even in the forthcoming decades. With rapid development in the field of hepatic surgery, pathology should play a more supportive role in the improvement of clinical diagnosis and treatments. In order to greatly improve the long-term therapeutic effects of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), researchers and clinicians are making huge efforts of developing standardized individual clinic mode to diagnose and treat hepatic tumors, which would lead to more emphasis on the research and understanding of the pathobiological features of HCC. Now there is an increasing realization that exploration of clinic mode to treat HCC in the perspective of biological characterization is an optimal way to greatly improve the efficacy of early diagnosis and treatment, and the instructive function of HCC diagnosis and treatment standards on individualized treatment is lim
