Gastrointestinal Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ajani, Jaffer A. (Editor), Lynch, Patrick M. (Editor), Janjan, Nora A. (Editor), Curley, Steven A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.

Gastrointestinal cancer includes cancer of the digestive system - the esophagus, colon, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs. Taken as a whole, there are an estimated 250,600 new cases in the US. Colon and rectum cancer is the third leading cause of cancer and cancer deaths in t...

Table of Contents:

• 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.