Rectal Cancer Modern Approaches to Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chang, George J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Surgery.; Oncology .; Interventional radiology .; General Surgery.; Oncology.; Interventional Radiology.

Rectal Cancer: Modern Approaches to Treatment provides a useful overview of the multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer with a deeper dive into clinical challenges faced by treating physicians. Written by the leading experts in the field, it provides a practical management guide with an emphasi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: the Multidisciplinary Approach
• Clinical Anatomy of the Rectum
• Endorectal Ultrasound
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rectum
• Radiographic Evaluation for Systemic Disease
• Local Excision
• Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) and Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TaMIS)
• Preoperative Radiotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy
• Total Mesorectal Excision
• Coloanal Reconstruction and Intersphincteric Resection
• Abdominoperineal Excision
• Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
• Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery
• Robotic Rectal Surgery
• Composite Resection for Primary Rectal Cancer
• Evaluation and Treatment of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer
• Reconstruction of the Pelvis and Perineum
• Primary Tumor Management in Stage IV Rectal Cancer
• Systemic Chemotherapy
• Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
• Palliative Treatment
• Quality of Life After Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
• Maximizing Neoadjuvant Treatment Response
• Standards for Pathologic Evaluation
• Molecular Markers and Mutational Analysis.