Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Hepatobiliary Tract

Professor Arthur Zimmermann is an internationally known specialist in hepatobiliary tumor pathology. After his training as pathologist at the University of Berne, he worked in basic research for several years, focusing on tumor cell growth regulation, tumor cell locomotion and protein kinase signaling. As acting director of the Institute of Pathology of the University of Berne (more than 150 persons work in diagnostics, basic research and student teaching), he implemented the most modern methods of cell biology and genome studies. Professor Zimmermann analyzed more than 20'000 liver specimens, detected several new tumor entities, and was an author or coauthor of more than 500 publications in this field. Furthermore, he was one of the editors of the very successful book Pediatric Liver Tumor (Pediatric Oncology Series Book, Springer, 2011).As chapter author, he participated in several well-known books, including Blumgart's Surgery of the Liver and Biliary tract, the Oxford Textbook of Oncology (2nd ed., Oxford Univ.Press, 2002), Felix Lee's Liver Cancer : New Research (Nova Publishers, 2006), Bleyer and Barr's Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults (Springer, 2007), Rodés's Textbook of Hepatology (Blackwell, 2007), the WHO Classification of Tumors of the Digestive System (2010 edition), Saxena's Practical Hepatic Pathology (Elsevier, 2011 ), and Pizo and Poplack's Principles and Practice of Pediatric Oncology ( Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2011 ). Professor Zimmermann developed the world pathology review center for the multinational SIOPEL liver cancer treatment studies. Together with COG, SIOPEL is the largest Study Group for liver cancer in children, and many hundreds of patients are currently taken care of worldwide. In his function as head of the review and consulting center, Professor Zimmermann developed a new classification of pediatric liver tumors (the SIOPEL Classification).

Tumors of the Hepatocyte Lineage and its Precursors.-Tumors of the Cholangiocyte Lineage.-Hepatobiliary Tumors Derived From Other Epithelial Lineages.-Mixed Epithelial-Mesenchymal Tumors of the Hepatobiliary Tract (Tumors With Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition).-Vascular Tumors of the Hepatobiliary Tract.-Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Lymph Vessels of the Hepatobiliary Tract.-Solitary Fibrous Tumor and Tumors With a Hemangiopericytoma-Like Pattern.-Mesenchymal Tumors of the Hepatobiliary Tract.-Tumors of the Mesothelial Lineage.-Tumors of the Perivascular Epithelioid Cell (PEC) System.-Hepatobiliary Tumors of Neuroendocrine Lineages.-Hepatobiliary Tumors With a Small Cell Undifferentiated Lineage.-Hepatobiliary Melanotic Tumors.-Hepatobiliary Tumors With a Rhabdoid Cell Lineage.-Hepatobiliary Germ Cell Tumors.-Hepatobiliary Myeloid Neoplasms.-Hepatobiliary Hodgkin's Disease.-Hepatobiliary Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas, Other Lymphoproliferative Disorders, and Neoplasms /Proliferations ofthe Dendritic and Histiocytic Systems.-Mesenchymal Hamartoma and Related Neoplasma.-Metastatic Liver Disease.-Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Hepatic Ligaments.-Nodular Hyperplastic Lesions of the Liver.-Hepatobiliary Pseudotumors.-Non-Neoplastic Mass Lesions of the Hepatobiliary Tract.-Reactive Cystic Lesions of the Liver.-Hepatobiliary Mass Lesions Caused by non-Infectious Granulomas.-Hepatobiliary Mass Lesions Caused by Fibrosclerotic Lesions.-Reactive Bile Duct Alterations Mimicking Biliary Tumors.-Tumors and Pseudotumors of the Gallbladder.-Peritoneal Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Etiology and Pathogenesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Structural and Functional Changes of Nuclei.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Mitochondrial Biology.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Growth and its Regulation.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Necrobiology of Liver Cancer.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Invasion and Metastasis.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Tumor Stroma.-General Pathology of Hepatobiliary Tumors: Angiogenesis.-Staging of Liver Cancer.-