University Press of Mississippi, 2002. — 146 p. For decades, while other cancers grabbed the headlines, colorectal cancer was quietly ignored. The lifetime risk of colorectal cancer in the general population is 2.5 to 5 percent. This means that twenty-five to fifty out of one thousand people will be stricken by this disease. Although data show that in America colorectal cancer...
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 members This book is intended as the equivalent of...
Springer, 2017. — 374 p. 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 emphasis on the state-of-the-art that will be of value to both...
Springer, 2019. — 597 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-25485-8 Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed condition in oncology, affecting around 1.23 million individuals per year, according to recent statistics. Of these patients, about 50% will develop liver metastases and approximately 20% will present a stage IV disease at diagnosis. These statistics make colorectal liver...
Humana Press, 2010. — 315 p. — ISBN: 978-1-60761-566-8. This cutting-edge book delivers state of the art information on the evaluation and management of rectal cancer. Covering the spectrum of clinical management from initial evaluation and staging, to advances and controversies in management, to survivor outcomes, sphincter preservation and quality of life, it is a...
Springer, 2018. — 597 p. — ISBN: 978-4-431-55578-0. This book describes the various procedures, including surgery through the abdominal wall, through transanal access o,r by the union of both, using an open, laparoscopic, or robotic approach. Worldwide pioneers for each technique are invited as authors and portrayed in step-by-step detail about each procedure. Of the 32...
Springer, 2013. — 214 p. — (Updates in Surgery) — ISBN: 978-88-470-2669-8 This book gives an updated and detailed overview of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for rectal cancer. Rectal cancer has become an increasing and serious disease in western countries, mainly linked to lifestyle and bad alimentation habits. This specific cancer is not only a threat to the lifespan of...
Springer, 2005. — 250 p. — ISBN: 978-88-470-0342-2. Despite lifestyle improvements, the incidence of rectal cancer is increasing in industrialised countries. Rapid advances in technology, growing knowledge of the biological history of the disease and closer attention to patients' quality of life after surgery have led to a less invasive approach. In the last 15 years, the...
New York: Academic Press, 2022. — 331 p. Contemporary Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Precision Medicine Approach summarizes current knowledge and provides evidenced-based practice recommendations on how to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The book presents topics such as pre-operating imaging, the use of molecular markers in treatment decisions,...
2nd edition. — Springer, 2021. — 724 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-57272-3. This thoroughly revised and extended second edition of the book clearly explains the nature of colon polyps and their relationship to colorectal cancer in light of new developments. It discusses in detail new topics, including polyp development, risk factors, and prevention measures, and also describes surgical,...
Springer, 2019. — 142 p. — ISBN: 978-981-13-3049-0 This book examines the latest indications and techniques for various endoscopic and surgical colorectal cancer treatments, discussing not only on the standard lymph node dissection technique, but also on laparoscopic and robotic surgery. It particularly focuses on the treatment of rectal cancer, with chapters on radiation...
Springer, 2019. — 347 p. — ISBN: 978-981-13-3050-6 This book examines the latest indications and techniques for various endoscopic and surgical colorectal cancer treatments, discussing not only on the standard lymph node dissection technique, but also on laparoscopic and robotic surgery. It particularly focuses on the treatment of rectal cancer, with chapters on radiation...
Springer, 2018. — 403 p. This book presents an Asian perspective on how the treatment of colorectal cancer can be optimized and standardized in ways that take into account technological advances and the trend towards individually tailored therapy. Readers will find careful, well-illustrated descriptions of the standard surgical techniques for rectal cancer and colon cancer that...
Springer, 2019. — 634 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-98901-3 This book is a comprehensive guide to rectal cancer care that will provide general and colorectal surgeons details regarding the latest developments in the field. The book aims to cover the dynamic shifts in rectal cancer care that have taken place over recent years. Management approaches, such as watch-and-wait and transanal...
2 edition. — Springer, London, 2015. — 472 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4471-6608-5, 978-1-4471-6609-2. Covers the recent advances in the understanding of aetiology and treatment (prognostic factors, pattern of spread, natural history) Written by international experts with an emphasis of contributors from the US Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum is intended to provide a...
Springer, 2019. — 140 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-20252-1 This book is a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment options available for anal cancer. Anal cancer is a relatively rare disease, but one increasing in incidence. Strides have been made in developing treatment paradigms through clinical trials, and proper management requires multidisciplinary...
Springer, 2019. — 366 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-20253-8 This book is a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment options available for anal cancer. Anal cancer is a relatively rare disease, but one increasing in incidence. Strides have been made in developing treatment paradigms through clinical trials, and proper management requires multidisciplinary...
Springer, 2014. — 244 p. — (Recent Results in Cancer Research) — ISBN: 978-3-319-08059-8 This Recent Results in Cancer Research volume provides an up-to-date overview of the multidisciplinary management of locally confined rectal cancer as well as colorectal cancer with synchronous resectable liver metastases. The contents comprise the majority of the invited contributions from...
Milan: Springer Italia, 2016. — 186 p. — (Updates in Surgery). — ISBN: 978-88-470-5766-1, 978-88-470-5767-8. This book analyzes all aspects of modern multimodal treatment of locally recurrent rectal cancer in the pelvis in order to offer a panoramic overview of the different therapeutic options and enable the reader to balance their benefits and drawbacks. Indications for...
Humana Press, 2002. — 840 p. — ISBN: 978-0-89603-935-3 The rapid growth over the past decade in the number of options available to manage colorectal cancer patients has created a need to unify this scattered knowledge so that practitioners in one area of treatment can understand the expertise of colleagues working in other areas. In Colorectal Cancer: Multimodality Management,...
Blackwell Publishing, 2006. — 293 p. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the US and Europe. Thousands of people are diagnosed with the disease every year and nearly half of these die as a result. As colorectal cancer is curable when detected early, a significant proportion of these deaths could be prevented by earlier diagnosis. Much has changed since...
Springer, 2012. — 354 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-25004-0 This book seeks to promote an integrated approach among the various specialists involved in the management of rectal cancer with a view to ensuring that treatment is tailored appropriately to the individual patient. For ease of use, a question and answer format is employed. The focus is on those issues typically confronted...
ITexLi, 2021. — 200 p. — ISBN: 1838811036 9781838811037 1838811176 9781838811174. This book examines state-of-the-art research relating to the etiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women worldwide. The book emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach...
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