TY - CHAP AU - Hiroyuki Tomita AU - Tomohiro Kanayama AU - Ayumi Niwa AU - Kei Noguchi AU - Kazuhisa Ishida AU - Masayuki Niwa AU - Akira Hara ED - Hesham Mohamed Abdeldayem Y1 - 2017-04-05 PY - 2017 T1 - Cancer Stem Cells and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 in Liver Cancers N2 - Liver cancers result in considerable amount of financial and social burden. On the other hand, researches and clinical studies related to liver cancers continue to advance at a rapid pace. The chapters in this book provide state-of-the-art reviews on the current knowledge and advances in research and management of liver cancers. It includes the most recent advances in that field, particularly, hepatocarcinogenesis and the potential role of intestinal microbiota, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, cancer stem cells, aldehyde dehydrogenase-1, and hepatitis B virus. This book also discusses the methods of diagnosis of HCC, the minimally invasive therapies for liver cancers, living donor liver transplantation for HCC, surgical management of liver metastases from colorectal cancers, and assessment and optimization for the future liver remnant. BT - Updates in Liver Cancer SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/66454 DO - 10.5772/66454 SN - 978-953-51-3064-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -