Gastrointestinal Malignancies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bentrem, David (Editor), Benson, Al B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Interventional radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.; Interventional Radiology.

This book comprehensively summarizes the current state of knowledge on malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract. Dedicated organ-based chapters evaluate current treatments and management and provide information on incidence, etiology and biological characteristics. The state of the art in the radi...

Table of Contents:

• Staging of GI Malignancies
• Endoscopic Techniques for GI Maligancies.-Esophagogastric
• Hepatopancreaticobiliary
• Small Bowel
• Colorectal Cancer
• Neuroendocrine
• Circulating Tumor Cells in Gastrointestinal Malignancy
• Costs and Utilization of Treatments for Advanced Disease
• Survivorship
• Animal models of GI Malignancy
• Ras-Superfamily GTPases in GI Malignancy.