In March 2022, the International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (IHPBA) Annual 2022 Meeting was held in New York City, where liver surgeons gathered from around the world. The IHPBA meeting is conducted every two years and it was attended by around 800 surgeons bringing the most current innovations, experience, technical tips, and tricks of liver surgery and liver transplantation.  The vendors for …

When you or your loved ones are diagnosed with colorectal cancer with liver metastasis, you need to have a liver surgeon in your treatment team. If you don’t, you need to find one. Many patients are treated by their medical oncology team without ever having a liver surgeon on board. This is a poor treatment strategy which no patients should …

Recurrent liver cancer unfortunately can occur even after a curative liver surgery with or without chemotherapy.  This is the main reason for doing a close surveillance using CT scan or MRI to detect any new tumor(s) in the remaining part of the liver after surgical resection.  A liver surgeon or a liver cancer doctor needs to be made aware as …

Biliary cancer is a relatively rare type of aggressive cancer that originates from the bile duct cells.  Bile duct is the “pipe” that carries bile juice being produced by the liver into the small bowel to help with digestion.  There are several forms of biliary tract cancer and each type has slightly different clinical presentation, histopathology, treatment, and overall prognosis.  …

How to Treat and What to Expect ? What is gallbladder cancer?  Gallbladder cancer is a rare malignancy that originates from the inner lining of the gallbladder.  It is classified as a form of biliary tract cancer.  It is different than liver cancer since the origin of the tumor is from the bile duct cells (cholangiocytes) and not from the …

Evolution of Treatment for Liver Metastasis From Colorectal Cancer. Increasing Role of Liver Resection Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States. Liver is the most common site of metastasis in patients with colorectal cancer due to its anatomical arrangement. Venous return from the colon flows through the liver via …