Gastrointestinal Oncology
Contributors: James L. Abbruzzese (Editor); Douglas B. Evans (Editor); Christopher G. Willett (Editor); Cecilia Fenoglio-Preiser (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: July 15, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 919
ISBN-13: 9780195133721
First sentence: Epidemiological studies cannot be designed as controlled experiments in which a potential risk factor is introduced into a population.
Description: Brings together a diverse group of specialists to provide the most authoritative, up-to-date and encyclopedic volume currently available on the subject. The first part of this text introduces a series of concepts and topics that are important to gastrointestinal malignancies in general. These topics include epidemiologic principles, prevention, screening, familial GI cancers, developmental and molecular biology, pathobiology, general therapeutic principles, emerging therapies, and palliative care. The second part of the book covers each of the specific cancers affecting the human gastrointestinal tract. These chapters are introduced by state of the art discussions outlining our current understanding of the pathobiology and molecular biology relevant to each cancer.