Rectal Cancer

International Perspectives on Multimodality Management

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

1 569 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management is a timely analysis of the diagnosis, staging, pathology, and therapy of cancer of the rectum.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-10-13
Mått155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCurrent Clinical Oncology
Antal sidor316
FörlagHumana Press Inc.
ISBN9781617796951

Tillhör följande kategorier

Onkologi inom Medicin
Gastrointestinal och kolorektal kirurgi inom Medicin
Medicinsk bildbehandling inom Medicin

Clinical Staging: Endoscopic Techniques.- Clinical Staging: CT and MRI.- Local Excision.- Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.- Abdominoperineal Resection, Low Anterior Resection, and Beyond.- T4 and Recurrent Rectal Cancer.- Surgical Management of Pulmonary Metastases.- Surgical and Ablative Management of Liver Metastases.- Surgical Pathology.- Chemotherapy: Concurrent Delivery with Radiation Therapy.- Chemotherapy: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Approaches.- Chemotherapy: Metastatic Disease.- Radiation Therapy: Adjuvant vs. Neoadjuvant Therapy.- Radiation Therapy: Short Versus Long Course.- Chemoradiation Therapy: Nonoperative Approaches.- Contact X-Ray Therapy.- High-Dose-Rate Preoperative Endorectal Brachytherapy for Patients with Rectal Cancer.- Radiation Therapy: Technical Innovations.

From the reviews: "Serve as an excellent resource on the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer. ... The international background of the authors brings immense value to this book. ... The chapters are uniformly well-written, clear, and lucid. ... This book will be of particular interest to radiation oncologists. ... an outstanding source of clinically relevant information on the management of rectal cancer. ... relevant for specialists in gastrointestinal oncology, but will also be very useful and accessible for all clinicians and trainees in surgical, medical, and radiation oncology." (Prajnan Das, International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics, Vol. 79 (4), March, 2011) "The book deals with the approaches to the patients suffering from rectal carcinoma. The authors analyse precisely all of the problems referring to ... rectal carcinoma. They do not deviate from the main topic which makes the book coherent and keeps reader's attention. There have been used up-to-date information based on facts and clinical evaluation of different studies. ... can be considerably helpful to doctors searching for the complex data about rectal cancer and to the specialists who deal with rectal carcinoma therapy." (V. Usakova and J. Usak, Neoplasma, March, 2011)