Baatrup G. (Eds.) Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: Staging - Treatment - Pathology - Palliation

Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 289 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-06141-2, 978-3-319-06142-9.Provides state of the art information on surgery, oncology, imaging, staging, pathology, and palliation
Explains how to organize the multidisciplinary team
Addresses key controversies
Aids understanding and communication among team membersThis book is intended as the equivalent of the Swiss Army knife for all members of colorectal cancer (CRC) multidisciplinary teams and those training in the fields of CRC management. It describes how to organize the team and explains the basic principles within the different disciplines involved in the treatment and care of CRC patients. Important, up-to-date knowledge is provided on visualization techniques, surgery, oncological treatment, palliation, and pathology, with special focus on controversies and aspects of interest to all team members. Care has been taken to ensure that each specialty-specific chapter will be approachable for team members from other specialties or professions, thereby facilitating an effective interdisciplinary approach to teamwork. The authors include leading European doctors and scientists who have influenced the development of the multidisciplinary team concept as well as other aspects of high-quality, individualized treatment of CRC patients.Organizing the Multidisciplinary Team
Multidisciplinary Treatment: Influence on Outcomes
Introduction to Surgery
Surgical Anatomy of the Rectum and the TME Specimen (Total Mesorectal Excision)
Low-Risk Early Rectal Cancer
‘High-Risk’ Early Rectal Cancers and (Neo)Adjuvant Therapy for Advanced Carcinomas in Addition to TEM Surgery
Hartmann’s Resection
Low Anterior Rectal Resection
Abdominoperineal Resection of the Rectum (Miles Resection)
Locally Advanced and Recurrent Cancer
Reconstructions After Neoadjuvant and Abdominoperineal Resection
Introduction to Oncology
Systemic Therapy for Patients with Colorectal Cancer: State of the Art
Radiotherapy and Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer: State of the Art in Europe, the USA and Asia
Short- and Long-Term Side Effects from Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment of Rectal Cancer
Chemo-Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced T3/T4 Rectal Cancer: What Should We Do with Complete Responders?
Introduction: Preoperative Staging by Imaging
MRI and CT for the Preoperative T and N Staging of Rectal Cancer
Endorectal Ultrasonography of Rectal Tumours
Introduction to the Pathology of Colorectal Cancer
Early Colorectal Cancer
Quality of Surgery
Staging of Colorectal Cancer (Including Staging After Neoadjuvant Therapy)
Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: The Palliative Team Introduction
Surgical Treatment in Palliative Care
Nausea
Individualised Treatment
Local Treatment of Rectal Cancer