Biliary tract and gallbladder cancer : diagnosis and therapy

Contents: Epidemiology of gallbladder and biliary tract neoplasms / Clifton David Fuller and Andrew K. Diehl -- Role of growth factor signaling pathways / Kaoru Kiguchi and John DiGiovanni -- Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of gallbladder cancer / Iván Roa Esterio, Xabier de Aretxabala, and Ignacio I. Wistuba -- Histopathology and molecular pathogenesis of biliary tract cancer / Shahid A. Khan ... [et al.] -- Novel biomarkers for biliary tract cancer / Ross C. Smith -- Pathological staging of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer / Chen Liu and James M. Crawford -- Overview of current diagnostic imaging strategies / Heljä Oikarinen -- Imaging of hepatic transplantation for biliary tract cancer / Sridhar Shankar, Sathish Kumar Dundmadappa, and Shimul Shah -- Magnetic resonance imaging / Alessandro Guarise and Giovanni Morana -- Functional imaging / Antonio Rodríguez-Fernández, Manuel Gómez-Río, and José Manuel Llamas-Elvira -- Computed tomography / Leonardo Marcal, Chitra Viswanathan, and Janio Szklaruk -- Radiofrequency ablation / Ronald S. Arellano -- Chemoembolization / Kenneth J. Kolbeck and John Kaufman -- Surgical management of intrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Richard R. Smith and John F. Gibbs -- Surgical management of extrahepatic biliary tract cancer / Swee H. Teh and Susan L. Orloff -- Surgical management of gallbladder cancer / Rebecca J. McClaine, Syed A. Ahmad, and Andrew M. Lowy -- Systemic therapy for biliary tract cancer / Bassel F. El-Rayes and Philip A. Philip -- Radiation therapy / Brian G. Czito and Clifton David Fuller -- 3D-conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy / Joshua D. Lawson and Jerome C. Landry -- Brachytherapy / Subir Nag, Kevin Forsythe, and Andrew Kennedy -- Image-guided radiation therapy and stereotactic body radiation therapy / Laura A. Dawson and Martin Fuss -- Symptom management and palliation / Eduardo da Silveira, Douglas O. Faigel, and M. Brian Fennerty -- Future directions / Clifton David Fuller and Charles R. Thomas, Jr.