Colorectal Cancer (eBook)

Diagnosis and Clinical Management

Cathy Eng, John H. Scholefield (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-118-33791-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Colorectal Cancer: Diagnosis and Clinical Management provides colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists and oncologists with an authoritative, practical guide to best practice in the diagnosis and clinical management of colorectal cancer. Covering all forms of treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, it examines the various new and emerging therapies, new strategies for screening and prevention, as well as the latest guidance on the most challenging and controversial aspects of managing colorectal cancer. The authors present important information on: Controversies in adjuvant chemotherapy Long versus short course radiotherapy Minimally invasive surgery and robotics Radical colonic resection Each chapter contains key points, tips and tricks and clinical case studies to aid rapid browsing and knowledge of the basic principles, while self-assessment questions allow readers to test their clinical knowledge. With leading international surgeons, gastroenterologists and oncologists combining to offer their considerable wealth of expertise and knowledge, Colorectal Cancer is a well-balanced, indispensable resource for all those involved in colorectal cancer management.

Autor

John H. Scholefield, FRCS, ChM, Head, Division of GI Surgery & Professor of Surgery, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, Associate Professor & Associate Medical Director, Colorectal Center, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Inhalt

Contributors, vii

Part 1 Diagnosis

1 Epidemiology, 3

Mala Pande & Marsha L. Frazier

2 Screening for colorectal cancer, 27

Robert JC Steele & Paula MacDonald

3 Management of adenomas, 51

Sunil Dolwani, Rajvinder Singh, Noriya Uedo & Krish
Ragunath

Part 2 Histopathology

4 How histopathology affects the management of the
multidisciplinary team, 69

Dipen Maru

Part 3 Surgical

5 Radical colonic resection, 87

Kenichi Sugihara, Yusuke Kinugasa & Shunsuke
Tsukamoto

6 ExtraLevator AbdominoPerineal Excision (ELAPE) for advanced
low rectal cancer, 104

Brendan J. Moran & Timothy J. Moore

7 Neoadjuvant therapy without surgery for early stage rectal
cancer?, 126

Thomas D. Pinkney & Simon P. Bach

8 Minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer and robotics,
150

David Jayne & Gregory Taylor

9 Surgery for anal cancer, 163

John H. Scholefield

Part 4 Oncology

10 Controversies in adjuvant chemotherapy, 179

Stephen Staal, Karen Daily & Carmen Allegra

11 Long- versus short-course radiotherapy for rectal cancer,
200

Manisha Palta, Christopher G. Willett & Brian G.
Czito

12 More treatment is not necessarily better - limited
options for chemotherapeutic radiosensitization, 218

Daedong Kim

13 Controversies in advanced disease - surgical approaches
for metastatic resection, 227

Amanda B. Cooper, Thomas A. Aloia, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey &
Steven A. Curley

14 Controversies in chemotherapy in advanced colorectal cancer,
243

Ludmila Katherine Martin & Tanios Bekaii-Saab

Part 5 Outcomes

15 What is the role of surveillance for colorectal cancer?,
263

Daedong Kim

Part 6 Vignettes

16 The young patient with colorectal cancer - genetic
counseling discussion, 275

Sarah Bannon, Maureen E. Mork & Miguel A.
Rodriguez-Bigas

17 Best practices of supportive care while receiving
chemotherapy, 286

Maura Polansky

18 Palliative care vignettes, 292

Jenny Wei & Egidio Del Fabbro

Index, 299

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.2.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Schlagworte: Gastroenterologie • gastroenterology • Gastrointestinal surgery • Magen-Darm-Chirurgie • Medical Science • Medizin • Oncology & Radiotherapy • Onkologie u. Strahlentherapie
• ISBN-10: 1-118-33791-3 / 1118337913
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-33791-2 / 9781118337912