Fast Facts: Colorectal Cancer
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2002
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2nd edition
Health Press Limited (Verlag)
978-1-903734-08-7 (ISBN)
Health Press Limited (Verlag)
978-1-903734-08-7 (ISBN)
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This illustrated guide outlines contemporary developments in chemotherapy, radiotherapy and screening of colorectal cancer. Concise information about diagnosis, treatment and management is presented, enabling the family physician to give an optimal service to patients with this common malignancy.
Colorectal cancer remains one of the most common malignancies affecting western civilization. Awareness of the symptoms associated with this disease is extremely important. It can present in a variety of ways, from vague abdominal pain with a change in bowel habit to a major acute emergency with large bowel obstruction, or even with perforation. Patients should be referred for investigation and treatment at the earliest opportunity. Recent developments in chemotherapy and radiotherapy have provided opportunities for adjuvant therapy, and also help in patients with recurrent or advanced disease. The family physician is key in the overall management of patients with colorectal cancer, as well as providing subsequent support services. This new edition of "Fast Facts: Colorectal Cancer" delivers, concisely, the important information required to give an optimal service to patients with this common disorder.
Colorectal cancer remains one of the most common malignancies affecting western civilization. Awareness of the symptoms associated with this disease is extremely important. It can present in a variety of ways, from vague abdominal pain with a change in bowel habit to a major acute emergency with large bowel obstruction, or even with perforation. Patients should be referred for investigation and treatment at the earliest opportunity. Recent developments in chemotherapy and radiotherapy have provided opportunities for adjuvant therapy, and also help in patients with recurrent or advanced disease. The family physician is key in the overall management of patients with colorectal cancer, as well as providing subsequent support services. This new edition of "Fast Facts: Colorectal Cancer" delivers, concisely, the important information required to give an optimal service to patients with this common disorder.
Epidemiology and pathophysiology; clinical presentation; diagnosis and staging; screening and high-risk patients; treatment of the primary disease; large bowel obstruaction; advanced and recurrent disease; multidisciplinary management; future trends; key references.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2002 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Fast Facts |
| Zusatzinfo | colour illustrations, index |
| Verlagsort | Abingdon |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 200 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-903734-08-8 / 1903734088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-903734-08-7 / 9781903734087 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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