**Meet the editor**

Professor Lau is currently Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Master of Lee Woo Sing College at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is active both at the international and local surgical scene and holds a number of key positions in government and professional organizations. He is an editorial board member of 29 national and international journals, reviewer of 19

international journals. He is President of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association for 2002-2004 and President of Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association for 2009-2011. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was awarded Honorary FRACS in 2003. He has won many scholarships and awards. He is honorary/visiting professor to 29 universities/hospitals in countries around the world. He has published over 380 peer-reviewed papers in international journals, 55 papers in Chinese journals, 90 books/chapters, 3 monographs, 50 reviews/editorials/letters to editor and over 270 abstracts. He has been invited to deliver over 200 lectures to national/international societies.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Rou Li Zhou

Chapter 2 **Novel Therapeutic Targets for** 

**Part 1 Biomarker / Therapeutic Target 1** 

Yangchao Chen and Chi Han Li

Chapter 3 **Clinical Significance of Serum Ornithine** 

Chapter 4 **New Molecular Biomarkers Candidates for** 

**Part 2 Carcinogenesis / Invasion / Metastasis 101** 

**Contributor to the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 103**  Jessica C. Casciano, Sumedha Bagga, Bei Yang and Michael J. Bouchard

Chapter 5 **Modulation of Cell Proliferation Pathways** 

Chapter 1 **LAPTM4B: A Novel Diagnostic Biomarker and** 

**Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment 35** 

**Carbamoyltransferase in Liver Diseases –** 

Katsutoshi Tokushige, Etsuko Hashimoto, Noriko Matsushita, Nobuyuki Torii, Makiko Taniai, Keiko Shiratori and Hiroshi Maruyama

**Therapeutic Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma 3** 

**Is the Ratio of OCT/ALT a New Tumor Marker? 61** 

**the Development of Multiparametric Platforms for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis, Prognosis and Personalised Therapy 73**  Annalucia Serafino and Pasquale Pierimarchi

**by the Hepatitis B Virus X Protein: A Potential** 

Chapter 6 **Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 and Hepatocellular Cancer 153**  Ozgur Kemik, Ahu Sarbay Kemik and A. Cumhur Dulger
