Colorectal cancer / edited by Daniel Swinson, consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in GI Medical Oncology, St. James's Institute of Oncology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Matthew Seymour, Cancer Research UK Cancer Medicine Research Unit, St. James's Institute of Oncology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Publication Info.
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2012.
This pocketbook summarises the epidemiology and risk factors for developing colorectal cancer and the basic biology of the disease. The evidence governing approaches in diagnosis and oncological management both surgical and non-surgical of the primary tumour is also covered.
Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to colorectal cancer -- 2. Screening and diagnosis of colorectal cancer -- 3. Surgical management of colorectal cancer -- 4. Radiotherapy and rectal cancer -- 5. Pharmacology of anti-cancer drugs -- 6. Adjuvant chemotherapy -- 7. Systemic therapy for advanced colorectal cancer -- 8. Surgery for recurrent rectal and colonic cancer -- 9. Surgery for liver metastases -- 10. Surgery for pulmonary metastases -- 11. Colorectal cancer -- surgical and non-surgical palliation -- 12. New therapeutic avenues in colorectal cancer.
Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
