Screening, prevention, and treatment of esophageal, gastric, and hepatic malignancies
By: guest editor, Mitchell S. Cappell
Contributors: Cappell, Mitchell S
Series: Medical clinics of North America -- v. 89, no. 2
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Esophagus -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Liver -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Stomach -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Esophagus -- Cancer -- Prevention; Liver -- Cancer -- Prevention; Stomach -- Cancer -- Prevention; Esophagus -- Cancer -- Treatment; Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment; Stomach -- Cancer -- Treatment
Notes: "March 2005."

Series title on spine: Medical clinics

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Precancerous and cancerous esophageal and gastric lesions. Pathogenesis of reflux esophagitis and Barrett's esophagus / Roy C. Orlando. Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease / Mitchell S. Cappell. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of Barrett's esophagus: reducing mortality from esophageal adenocarcinoma / Richard E. Sampliner. The relation of Helicobacter pylori to gastric adenocarcinoma and lymphoma: pathophysiology, epidemiology, screening, clinical presentation, treatment, and prevention / Barry J. Marshall and Helen M. Windsor; value: Precancerous hepatic lesions and hepatocellular carcinoma. The progression of hepatitis B- and C-infections to chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma: presentation, diagnosis, screening, prevention, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma / Paul H. Hayashi and Adrian M. Di Bisceglie. The progression of hepatits B- and C-infections to chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology and pathogenesis / Paul H. Hayashi and Adrian M. Di Bisceglie. Relation of hemochromatosis with hepatocellular carcinoma: epidemiology, natural history, pathophysiology, screening, treatment, and prevention / Stephen A. Harrison and Bruce R. Bacon