Editor: Liang Qiao

Molecular Aspects of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

eBook: US $99 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $181
Printed Copy: US $131
Library License: US $396
ISBN: 978-1-60805-378-0 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-072-7 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2012
DOI: 10.2174/97816080507271120101

Introduction

Therapeutic options for late-stage liver cancer are very limited and the prognosis is often poor. A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the initiation, progression, and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma is critical for developing more rational diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. This e-book covers current developments on clinically relevant research on the molecular biology of hepatocellular carcinoma. It should be a valuable reference for professional gastroenterologists, hepatologists and oncologists as well as medical students and researchers.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Liang Qiao

The University of Sydney
Australia




Co-Editor(s):
Yumin Li

The Lanzhou University
China


Xiang Yan

The Lanzhou University
China


Jacob George

The University of Sydney
Australia




Contributor(s):
Maria L. Balmer
Fellow, Department of Gastoenterology
Inselspital, University of Bern
Bern
Switzerland


Jan Bornschein
Dr. med., Fellow, Department of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg,
Str. 44, D-39120
Leipziger
Germany


Elisabetta Bugianesi MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastro-Hepatology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Torino
Torino
Italy.


Bernard A. Callus
Senior Research Fellow, School of Biomedical
Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia,
Australia.


Professor Henry L.-Y. Chan MD
Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong


Yingtai Chen
Resident Physician, MD, The Second Clinical School of Lanzhou University
Key Laboratory of Digestive System Tumors
Lanzhou
Gansu, 730030
China


Yuanwen Chen
Physician, MD and PhD, Department of Gastroenterology
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, 200092
China


Alfred S.-L. Cheng Ph.D
Research Assistant Professor,Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong


Massimo Colombo
Professor,The First Division of Gastroentrology
Fondazione IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Mangiagalli & Regina Elena
Centro A. M. e A. Migliavacca Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan
Italy


Jean-F. Dufour
Head of Hepatology, University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine
Inselspital, Bern, Hepatology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern
Bern
Switzerland


Jiangao Fan
Professor and Director, Department of Gastroenterology
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, 200092
China


Jacob George
Professor and Director, Storr Liver Unit
Westmead Millennium Institute and The University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital
PO Box 412, Darcy Road, Westmead, NSW 2145
Australia


Wenting He
Research Associate, Ph.D (Cell Biology)
Department of General Surgery Ⅱ of The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
Key Laboratory of Digestive System Tumors, Gansu, Lanzhou 730030
China


Lionel W. Hebbard
Senior Research Fellow, Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Hospital
Western Clinical School and Westmead Millennium Institute
Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145
Sydney
Australia


Zenan Hu
Ph.D, student and Physician, Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou
China.


Fumio Imazeki MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670,
Japan


Jidong Jia
Professor and Director, Liver Research Center
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing , 100050
China


Fumihiko Kanai MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku
Chiba , 260-8670
Japan


Tatsuo Kanda MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku
Chiba , 260-8670
Japan


Wilson K.C. Leung
PhD student, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology at the Li Ka-Shing Institute of Health Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin NT
Hong Kong
China


Hai Li
Physician, Liver Research Center
Beijing Friendship Hospital
Capital Medical University
Beijing , 100050
China


Yumin Li
Hospital President, Professor of Hepatobilary Surgery
Department of General Surgery and the Key Laboratory of Digestive System Tumors
The Second Hospital and the Second Clinical School of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou , 730030
China


Quanda Liu
Associate Professor, Institute of Hepatobiliary Gastrointestinal Diseases
PLA Second Artillery General Hospital
Beijing, 100088
China


Tao Liu
Research Associate, PhD (Molecular Medicine)
The Key Laboratory of Digestive System Tumors and Lanzhou University Second Hospital
Lanzhou , 730030
China


Xiaoyu Liu
Resident physician, Post-graduate student
Department of Infectious Diseases
the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang , 050051
China.


Peter Malfertheiner
Professor. Dr. Med, Director, Department of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Str. 44, D-39120
Leipziger
Germany


Masao Omata MD
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology
University of Tokyo, and Yama-nashi Prefecture
Japan


Liang Qiao
Senior Lecture and Senior research Fellow, Storr Liver Unit
Westmead Hospital, Western Clinical School and Westmead Millennium Institute
the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney, Westmead
Sydney
NSW , 2145
Australia


Monica Robotin
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health
the University of Sydney, and Medical Director of the Cancer Council NSW,
Australia


Federico Salamone MD
Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Gastro-Hepatology, San Giovanni Battista Hospital
University of Torino
Torino
Italy


Kerstin Schütte
Dr. med., Consultant, Department of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Infectious Diseases
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120
Leipziger
Germany


Chuan Shen
Resident physician, Department of Infectious Diseases
the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang , 050051
China


Motohisa Tada MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku
Chiba
260-8670
Japan


Aiping Tian PhD student and Physician
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
The First Hospital of Lanzhou University
China


Cornelia S. Viebahn
Research Fellow, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University
The Netherlands.


Sarah L. Walker
Gastroenterologist, Storr Liver Unit
Westmead Hospital, Western Clinical School and Westmead Millennium Institute
the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney
Westmead
NSW , 2145
Australia


Yadong Wang
Resident physician, Department of Infectious Diseases
the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang, 050051
China


Thomas Wex
PD Dr. rer. nat., Laboratory Head, Department of Gastroenterology
Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Leipziger Str. 44, D-39120
Germany


Nathalie Wong
Professor,Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology at the Li Ka-Shing Institute of Health Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin
Hong Kong
NT
China


Xiang Yan
Hospital President, Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine
The First Hospital and First Clinical School of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou , 730000
China


George C.T. Yeoh
Professor,School of Biomedical
Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Australia.


Osamu Yokosuka MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology
Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku
Chiba , 260-8670
Japan


Cai-Y. Zhao
Professor and Director, Department of Infectious Diseases
the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University
Shijiazhuang , 050051
China


Yongning Zhou
Professor and Director, Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University
Lanzhou , 730000
China




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