Colorectal cancer
By: edited by Susan L. Gearhart, Nita Ahuja
Series: Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer; Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer series
Publisher: Saunders/Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781416046868
Subjects: Colorectal Neoplasms; Therapy; Diagnosis; Cancer; Rectum; Early Diagnosis; Colon (Anatomy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and risk factors of colorectal cancer / Kathryn M. Chu; title: Presentation and initial evaluation of colorectal cancer / Susan Tsai and Susan L. Gearhart; title: Hereditary colorectal cancer and polyp syndromes / Francis M. Giardiello; title: Genetic screening / Cheryl J. Pendergrass; title: Behavior and dietary modification in the prevention of colon cancer / Stephanie Downing, Emmanouil P. Pappou, and Nita Ahuja; title: Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer / Melissa A. Munsell and Francis M. Giardiello; title: Fecal occult blood test / Michel A. Kafrouni and John H. Kwon; title: Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy in colorectal cancer screening and; title: Surveillance / Michelle N. Zikusoka and John H. Kwon; title: Stool and blood sampling for early detection of colorectal cancer / Jason K. Sicklick and Nita Ahuja; title: Radiologic techniques : virtual colonoscopy / Karen M. Horton; title: Preoperative evaluation / Jerry Stonemetz, Nicole A. Phillips, and Susan L. Gearhart; title: Limited resection : indications, techniques, and outcomes of transanal excision and; title: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery / Elizabeth C. Wick; title: Minimally invasive techniques : indications, techniques, and outcomes / Susan L. Gearhart; title: Endoscopic techniques in colorectal neoplasia / Eun i. Shin and Samuel A. Giday; title: Open surgical techniques in colorectal cancer / Vanita Ahuja; title: Systemic therapy for colon cancer / Khaled El-Shami, Sujatha Nallapareddy, and Wells Messersmith; title: Radiation therapy for colorectal adenocarcinoma : external beam and intraoperative; title: Radiation therapy / Joseph M. Herman and Timothy M. Pawlik; title: Surveillance and follow-up / Matthew T. Hueman and Nita Ahuja; title: Clinical trials : why participate? / Jamila Mwidau and David Chang; title: Vaccines and immunotherapy / Ajay Jain and Richard Schulick; title: Genetic profiling in colorectal cancer / Debashish Bose and Nita Ahuja; title: Coping with colorectal cancer / Eden R. Stotsky.