Liver Cancer

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Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   The management of hepatitis B
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Chronic hepatitis B affects almost 1% of Australians, many of whom are born in endemic areas outside Australia. This infection can shorten lifespan, usually because of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Selective internal radiation therapy for liver metastases from colorectal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bowel cancer commonly spreads to the liver. In most patients this cannot be removed by an operation and cure is not possible. Chemotherapy treatment can help control the growth of the cancer and improve survival. Radioactive beads can be injected into t...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Percutanous ethanol injection or percutaneous acetic acid injection for early hepatocellular carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) ranks fifth in global cancer burden. Percutaneous techniques such as percutaneous ethanol injection, percutaneous acetic acid injection, and radiofrequency thermal ablation, cryoablation, and transarterial chemoem...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Cryotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver cell cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is the most common primary cancer of the liver. Liver cancer is regarded as the third most common cause of death from cancer. Only a minority of the patients are candidates for liver surgery or liver transpla...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for 'Investigation of a focal liver nodule
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for 'Investigation of a focal liver nodule.' The emphasis of the pathway is to direct the reader to a more appropriate algorithm, based on the assessment of patient risk factors.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Incidental liver nodule
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Management strategy for an incidental liver nodule in patients without a history of malignancy or risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Fluoropyrimidine-HAI (hepatic arterial infusion) versus systemic chemotherapy (SCT) for unresectable liver metastases from colorectal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The standard treatment for unresectable liver-confined metastatic disease from colorectal cancer (CRC) is systemic chemotherapy (SCT). Unfortunately, the prognosis of these patients is dismal and SCT is virtually never curative. Although locoregional tr...
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Focal liver lesion and a history of previous malignancy
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for a patient with a focal liver lesion and a history of previous malignancy.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Liver cancer: treatment - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Treatment of liver cancer depends on the type of tumour, the stage it has reached, the general health of the person and their liver, and whether there is cancer elsewhere in the body.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Liver resection versus other treatments for neuroendocrine tumours in patients with resectable liver metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver spread from hormone-producing cancer of intestinal hormone cells is generally treated by liver resection surgery (removing the affected parts of the liver) if it is possible to remove all the cancer deposits and is associated with good long-term s...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Palliative cytoreductive surgery versus other palliative treatments in patients with unresectable liver metastases from gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Liver metastases (liver spread) from gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours (cancer of intestinal hormone cells which originate from the embryonic nerve cells or the embryonic outer coat) are generally treated with surgery if a complete removal is deem...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Liver cancer
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Liver cancer can be a primary cancer (starts in the liver) or a secondary cancer (starts in another part of the body and spreads to the liver). Liver cancer usually has no symptoms in its early stages. Later symptoms can include pain in the abdomen, fever, yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice) and weight loss. Treatment may include surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Metastases to the liver
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of liver cancer metastates by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of liver cancer by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Resection versus no intervention or other surgical interventions for colorectal cancer liver metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   About one in four of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer have metastases isolated to the liver, of which 10 to 25% are eligible for ablation of the liver metastases. Preliminary data indicate that tumour ablation therapy can lead to improved surv...
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Surveillance imaging algorithm for patients with known risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for surgical resection of hepatocellular carcinoma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hepatocellular carcinoma, the commonest primary cancer of the liver is the sixth most common cancer in the world. According to the World Health Organization, most cases of hepatocellular carcinoma occur in Asia and Africa, however recent reports suggest...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Liver cancer
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   Liver cancer is uncommon and also known as hepatocellular cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatoma.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of liver tumours: consumer summary (update)
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   This consumer summary discusses radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of liver tumours. ASERNIP-S compared its safety and effectiveness with other treatments.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of liver tumours: a systematic review (Update)
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   The aim of this review was to compare the safety and efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for primary hepatocellular carcinoma or metastatic colorectal liver carcinoma, in comparison to other surgical and non-surgical therapeutic techniques, on the basis of a systematic assessment of the literature. This review was initially published in 2002, and was updated in August 2006.
Date:   Aug 2006
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