附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- COLORECTAL CANCER -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part 1 Background and Epidemiology -- 1 Biology of colorectal cancer: An overview of genetic factors -- 2 Recent developments in the epidemiology of colorectal cancer -- Part 2 Prevention and Screening -- 3 Hemoccult as an approach to colorectal cancer screening -- 4 Screening colonoscopy -- 5 Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer -- Part 3 Pathology and Prognostic Factors -- 6 Pathology of colorectal cancer -- 7 Sentinel lymph-node mapping in colorectal cancer -- 8 Postoperative histopathological evaluation: Implications for prognosis? -- Part 4 Management of Localized Disease -- 9 Surgery for colon cancer -- 10 Laparoscopic left colectomy for cancer -- 11 Minimal invasive surgery for colon cancer: Where do we stand? -- 12 Systemic adjuvant therapy of colon cancer -- 13 Adjuvant treatment in Dukes B2 colon cancer: No -- 14 Adjuvant treatment in Dukes B2 colon cancer: Yes -- 15 Adjuvant intraportal treatment -- 16 Adjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy -- 17 Management of peritoneal surface malignancy from colorectal cancer: The surgeon's role -- 18 Surgery for rectal cancer -- 19 Total mesorectal excision: A quality-controlled approach to rectal cancer surgery -- 20 Conservative treatment in rectal cancer -- 21 Treatment of locally advanced primary and locally recurrent colorectal cancer -- 22 Radiotherapy for rectal cancer: The European approach -- 23 Radiotherapy for rectal cancer: The US approach -- 24 Radio-chemotherapy in rectal cancer: When and for which patients? -- 25 The future of radiotherapy in rectal carcinoma -- Part 5 Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer -- 26 Which follow-up for colorectal cancer? Perhaps none -- 27 The case for CEA screening -- 28 New methods for early detection of disease recurrence -- Part 6 Treatment of Other Sites -- 29 Cancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei syndrome -- 30 Treatment of anal canal carcinoma -- Part 7 Management of Metastatic Disease -- 31
摘要:A strong international team of contributors presents a detailed discussion of all aspects of the disease, including chapters on genetics, molecular pathology and a comprehensive overview of current and developing treatment strategies.