Liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini related cholangiocarcinoma :: liver fluke related cholangiocarcinoma /: Narong Khuntikeo, Ross H. Andrews, Trevor N. Petney, Shahid A. Khan, editors.

Khuntikeo, Narong,; Andrews, Ross H.,; Petney, T.; Khan, S. A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35166-2

Liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini related cholangiocarcinoma : liver fluke related cholangiocarcinoma / Narong Khuntikeo, Ross H. Andrews, Trevor N. Petney, Shahid A. Khan, editors.

Khuntikeo, Narong, editor.; Andrews, Ross H., editor.; Petney, T. (Trevor), editor.; Khan, S. A. (Shahid A.), editor.

2023

RC280.B48

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Title

Liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini related cholangiocarcinoma : liver fluke related cholangiocarcinoma / Narong Khuntikeo, Ross H. Andrews, Trevor N. Petney, Shahid A. Khan, editors.

ISBN

9783031351662 (electronic bk.)
3031351665 (electronic bk.)
9783031351655
3031351657

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35166-2

Published

Cham : Springer, 2023.

Language

English

Description

1 online resource (xii, 367 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Item Number

10.1007/978-3-031-35166-2 doi

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RC280.B48

Dewey Decimal Classification

616.99/436

Summary

This volume discusses new developments in the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma induced by the liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini. Although cholangiocarcinoma is rare in the Western world, it has a very high incidence in continental Southeast Asian countries, where it is linked to infection with O. viverrini. In Southeast Asia this cancer causes thousands of deaths every year and places a severe socioeconomic burden on the affected families. Diagnosis is usually at a late disease stage, and in the past palliative surgery and care have been the major therapeutic options. Recently, however, techniques have become available for early-stage diagnosis that offer the possibility of curative surgery, and novel chemotherapeutic options are also under development. In Thailand alone, more than 2 million individuals have now been registered for screening for this cancer. The aim of this book is to highlight the latest research in the field and to explain how the newly available techniques can be applied to reduce the risk of developing cholangiocarcinoma and increase the likelihood of survival.

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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 6, 2023).

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Khuntikeo, Narong, editor.
Andrews, Ross H., editor.
Petney, T. (Trevor), editor.
Khan, S. A. (Shahid A.), editor.

Series

Recent results in cancer research ; 219.

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Print version: 9783031351655