Designed for the practicing oncologist, this clinical guidebook allows for quick, authoritative access to the latest and best multimodality therapies. Topics covered in this volume include AJCC staging of gastrointestinal malignancies, recent advances in histopathology of gastroinestinal cancers,imaging techniques and endoscopy in the management of GI malignancies, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, anal cancer, and palliative therapy.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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• This clinical guidebook allows for quick, authoritative access to the latest and best multimodality therapies

• Includes AJCC staging of gastrointestinal malignancies

• Each chapter ends with an up-to-date list of suggested readings and 'key practice points' making it a usefuly at-a-glance reference

• Text includes 80 illustrations

Inhalt
Staging of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.- Recent Advances in Histopathology of Gastrointestinal Cancers: Prognostic and Therapeutic Assessment of Colorectal Cancers.- Current Status of Imaging Techniques in Gastrointestinal Cancers.- Endoscopy in the Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.- Role of Laparoscopy in Gastrointestinal Malignancies.- Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility.- Colorectal Cancer: Screening and Primary Prevention.- Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and Genetic Counseling.- Colon Cancer.- Rectal Cancer.- Metastatic Cancer of the Liver.- Staging and Therapeutic Approaches for Patients with Localized, Potentially Curable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.- Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer.- Gastric Cancer.- Esophageal Carcinoma.- Anal Cancer.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.- Palliative Therapy.- Bowel Management in Patients with Cancer.- Barrett's Esophagus.