Annie Young, Professor of Nursing, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry Richard Hobbs, Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Sciences, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of OxfordDavid Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine, Nuffield Dept of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford

• Contributors viiPreface ix1 The Patient Perspective 1Kevin Bond2 Epidemiology and Prevention 4Peter Boyle, Patrick Mullie, Maria Paula Curado and David Zaridze3 Pathways of Carcinogenesis 8Michael Christie and Oliver Sieber4 Clinical Genetics in the Management of Colon Cancer 13Kai Ren Ong, Vicky Bowyer and Trevor Cole5 Screening for Colorectal Cancer 19Julietta Patnick and Wendy S. Atkin6 Decision Support Networks 22Matthew Kelly, Mark Austin and Sir Michael Brady7 Pathology of Colorectal Cancer 26Mohammad Ilyas8 Imaging of Colorectal Cancer 31Andrew Slater9 The Role of Primary Care 36Sue Wilson and Richard Hobbs10 Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer 40Andrew Weaver11 Surgical Interventions 44Shazad Ashraf and Neil Mortensen12 Adjuvant Therapy 48Zenia Saridaki-Zoras and David Kerr13 Treatment of Advanced Disease 52David Watkins and David Cunningham14 Innovative Treatment for Colorectal Cancer 58Joanne L. Brady and David Kerr15 Supportive Care for Patients with Colorectal Cancer 63Pauline McCulloch and Annie Young16 Follow-up 69John PrimroseIndex 74

“This short clinical review book of CRC strikes an excellent balance being both concise but with thorough and up-to-date coverage of the subject matter.  The chapters based on their size, layout, and supporting figures are very approachable and I would suspect the book to be very useful to its intended audience of general practitioners and physicians in training. The text would seem to be most useful to those practicing clinical medicine, but could also serve as supplemental reading for those preparing for board-type examinations.”  (Gastroenterology, 1 August 2012)“The information in the ABC of Colorectal Cancer is very well presented and the coverage is more than a GP would need in clinical practice.”  (Australian Family Physician, 4 April 2012)