Biliary Tract Neoplasms

Timothy M. Pawlik, Shishir K. Maithel

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443292880
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Biliary Tract Neoplasms is a state-of-art reference of the multimodality management of bile duct cancer written by leaders in the field. As targeted therapy and clinical trials in this field are exploding, and the incidence of the disease is increasing, now is the time to address the topic in practical manner. This reference addresses surgical approaches to biliary neoplasms, targeted personalized systemic approaches to biliary neoplasms, and other treatment modalities such as radiotherapy and ablation. It is intended for scientists, researchers, clinicians, practicing surgeons, surgical oncologists, transplant surgeons as well as fellows/residents in the surgical space.The book's translational nature and impact of basic science findings that have informed targeted therapy for biliary neoplasms provide the very latest data on surgery, medical, imaging, and multi-modality care of biliary neoplasm to educate and inform care of this patient population. - Incudes the most recent information and research data on biliary tract neoplasms - Describes in detail the sequence options of different therapies and risk factors in a clinical setting - Presents a surgical perspective of personalized systemic approaches to biliary neoplasms for practical use

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword: The patients’ perspective
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 Epidemiology of BTCs
• CHAPTER 2 Risk factors and clinical presentation of biliary tract cancers
• CHAPTER 3 Radiologic presentation of biliary tract cancer 
• CHAPTER 4 Pathologic classification and staging of biliary tract cancer
• CHAPTER 5 Biliary tract decompression
• CHAPTER 6 Surgical resection for cholangiocarcinoma
• CHAPTER 7 Surgical resection of gallbladder cancer
• CHAPTER 8 Systemic therapy for locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer
• CHAPTER 9 Targeted therapy in biliary tract cancer
• CHAPTER 10 Optimizing immunotherapy for biliary tract cancers
• CHAPTER 11 Radiation therapy for biliary tract cancers
• CHAPTER 12 Liver-directed therapy for biliary tract cancer
• CHAPTER 13 Sequencing of therapy for resectable biliary tract cancers
• CHAPTER 14 The evolving role of transplantation for biliary tract cancers
• CHAPTER 15 The clinical trials landscape—The future of biliary tract cancers
• Index