Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Frontiers and Perspectives

Recent Advances in Clinical Practice

Background
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is a major health concern:
1. Over 700,000 cases are diagnosed annually
2. One of the leading causes of cancer-related death
3. Main event leading ot deaeth in patients with cirrhosis

Risk Factors:
1. HBV
2. HCV
3. Alcohol-related cirrhosis
4. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
5. Smoking
6. Metabolic syndromes?
7. Coffee may diminish risk

Molecular Events: What Have We Learned?
Expectations from the biomedical community for genetic studies:
1. Easily risk-stratify patients
    A. Risk for developing HCC
    B. Risk for HCC recurrence following "curative: therapy
    C. Disease prognostication for existing HCC
2. Identify common and dominant oncogenic pathways
    A. Carcinogenesis
    B. Invasion and metastases
3. Institute targeted and curative therapies using a personalised medicine approach

[Taipei 台北] 大安臨江街 Zoca Pizza 佐佧披薩屋 My Number One Place for Pizza in Taipei!

The Venezia Pizza with seafood and my favorite cheese，Mozzarella  

Zoca Pizza 佐佧披薩屋

Address: 台北市安和路二段69巷3號 (信義安和站)

Phone: 02 2707 2212

Website: https://www.facebook.com/zocapizzafan

Date: 2014/2

Price: + 10%，around 400~500 per person

Friends' Gathering (3J1K)

Since the start of the internship，our 3J1K group (Jason，Jeffrey，Joey and Kevin) hardly has the opportunity to meet up due to our different rotation schedules。Thus，we planned this date for us to meet up and relax from work。I have read about Zoca pizza from food blogs and thought that pizza is a nice break from eating pork chops，beef noodle soups，chicken drumsticks，and whatever other bentos are out there。Zoca Pizza is prestigious for their wood-fire Italian pizzas and classic Italian desserts。The owner is from Verona，Italy and has been making pizza and desserts since he was a boy。He offers over 40 kinds of different thin crust pizzas on the menu，which is spectacular。In the U.S., we usually get pepperoni，four cheese，supreme deluxe，mushroom or vegetarian。It is interesting to know that there are that many tasty combinations available。

OSCE必備影片! 各部位PE快速學習法! Essentials for Physical Examination

A very useful website for learning physical examination techniques! Thank you Geeky Medics!

https://www.youtube.com/user/geekymedics123


OSCE on Sunday and on duty Saturday...EEEKS! :(