The past decade has heralded exciting advances in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hepatic malignancies. Advances in radiologic technology, such as hardware allowing higher-quality and more rapid imaging and software capable of complex image reconstruction, have led to a rapid increase in the diagnostic and interventional armamentarium for primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies. The establishment of safe surgical techniques for liver resection and improved perioperative care have lowered the risk for morbidity and mortality of resection for hepatic malignancies to no more than that of other abdominal surgeries.<sup>100 Tsao J.I., Loftus J.P., Nagorney D.M. , e al. Trends in morbidity and mortality of hepatic resection for malignancy: A matched comparative analysis Ann Surg 1994 ;  220 : 199  [cross-ref]

Cliccare qui per andare alla sezione Riferimenti</sup> Because the 1990s was a decade of globalization of communication and medical exchange, the expertise of the world's leading hepatic surgeons and oncologists has been made available to all physicians who care for patients with malignant diseases of the liver.