Endoscopic Oncology (eBook)

Douglas O. Faigel (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2006
XIII, 380 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59745-172-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Table 1 Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Americans (see www.cdc.gov). Colorectal cancer kills more Incidence and Mortality of the Five Most Common Gastrointestinal Malignancies Americans than any other malignancy except for lung cancer. The incidences and mortalities of the major gastrointestinal a a Site Incidence Mortality (GI) malignancies are shown in Table 1. Taken as a group, the five most common GI malignancies account for more cancers Colorectum 53.9 21.6 and more cancer deaths than for any other site. Pancreas 11.1 10.6 Stomach 9.1 4.9 Flexible endoscopy has given physicians unprecedented Liver/intrahepatic bile ducts 6.2 4.4 access to the GI tract. The ability to endoscopically visu- Esophagus 4.5 4.3 alize, biopsy, and apply therapy has had implications for the management of all the major GI malignancies. Accepted Data from SEER database 1992-2002 (www.seer.cancer.gov). applications of endoscopy range from detection of mal- a Per 100,000.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Contents 7
Contributors 9
List of Color Plates 11
ESOPHAGUS 12
Barrett’s Esophagus 13
Endoscopic Screening for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus 18
Image Enhancement Endoscopy 25
Staging of Esophageal Cancer 39
Endoscopic Therapy for Early Esophageal Cancer and Premalignant Lesions in Barrett’s Esophagus 51
Endoscopic Therapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer 60
Radiological Imaging of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract 73
Esophageal Cancer Therapy 95
STOMACH AND SMALL BOWEL 108
Premalignant Lesions of the Stomach 109
Gastric Polyps 117
Endoscopic Ultrasound for Staging Gastric Cancer 129
Endoscopic Treatment for Gastric Cancer 137
Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Lymphoma 147
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors 158
Carcinoid Tumors 167
Medical and Surgical Therapy for Gastric Cancer 179
Colorectal Cancer Screening 189
Polyposis and Familial Cancer Syndromes 201
Endoscopic Colon Surveillance 219
Endoscopic Ultrasound for Staging Rectal and Anal Cancer 232
Endoscopic Therapy of Colorectal Carcinoma 242
Radiological Imaging of the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract 260
Current Status of Colorectal Cancer Therapy 275
PANCREAS, BILE DUCTS, AND MEDIASTINUM 288
Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 289
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma 295
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas 303
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors 316
Endoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Cholangiocarcinoma 324
Ampullary Neoplasia 335
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neoplasms of the Pancreatobiliary System 343
Medical and Surgical Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer 350
Endoscopic Ultrasound for Thoracic Disease 361
Index 368

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.11.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 380 p. 368 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: biopsy • Cancer Screening • carcinoma • Endoscopy • Imaging • neuroendocrine tumor • Staging • Surgery
• ISBN-10: 1-59745-172-X / 159745172X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59745-172-7 / 9781597451727