Challenges in colorectal cancer
By: edited by John H. Scholefield ... [et al.].
Contributors: Scholefield, John H.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781405127066; 9781405127066
Subjects: Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer; Rectum -- Cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms -- therapy; Colorectal Surgery
Notes: First published 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Does lifestyle cause colorectal cancer? / Richard Nelson; title: Screening for colorectal cancer : who, when, and how? / Robert Steele; title: What can the pathologist tell the multidisciplinary team about rectal cancer resection? / Phil Quirke; title: MRI-directed rectal cancer surgery / Brendan Moran, John H. Scholefield; title: Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : laparoscopic surgery for cancer of the colon and rectum / Pierre J. Guillou; title: Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : is there a role for TEM? / Theodore J. Saclarides; title: What is the best strategy for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer? / Seung-Yong Jeong, David Chessin, Susan Ritchie, John H. Scholefield, Jose G. Guillem; title: Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer / Rachel Cooper, David Sebag-Montefiore; title: Current challenges in the adjuvant therapy of colon cancer? / George P. Kim, Axel Grothey; title: The role of the colorectal nurse specialist in the management of colorectal cancer / Jill Dean; title: The role of the multidisciplinary team in the management of colorectal cancer / Julia Jessop, Ian Daniels; title: Follow-up after colorectal cancer resection : is it worthwhile? / John Northover, Chris Byrne; title: Chemotherapy of advanced colorectal cancer / Axel Grothey; title: Surgery for metastatic disease in colorectal cancer / Timothy G. John, Myrddin Rees; title: Palliative care of the colorectal cancer patient / Melanie Jefferson, Ilora Finlay; title: Future directions in the oncological treatment of colorectal cancer / Anthony El-Khoueiry, Heinz-Josef Lenz.