Challenges in colorectal cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Scholefield, John H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Does lifestyle cause colorectal cancer? / Richard Nelson
  • Screening for colorectal cancer : who, when, and how? / Robert Steele
  • What can the pathologist tell the multidisciplinary team about rectal cancer resection? / Phil Quirke
  • MRI-directed rectal cancer surgery / Brendan Moran, John H. Scholefield
  • Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : laparoscopic surgery for cancer of the colon and rectum / Pierre J. Guillou
  • Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : is there a role for TEM? / Theodore J. Saclarides
  • 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
  • Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer / Rachel Cooper, David Sebag-Montefiore
  • Current challenges in the adjuvant therapy of colon cancer? / George P. Kim, Axel Grothey
  • The role of the colorectal nurse specialist in the management of colorectal cancer / Jill Dean
  • The role of the multidisciplinary team in the management of colorectal cancer / Julia Jessop, Ian Daniels
  • Follow-up after colorectal cancer resection : is it worthwhile? / John Northover, Chris Byrne
  • Chemotherapy of advanced colorectal cancer / Axel Grothey
  • Surgery for metastatic disease in colorectal cancer / Timothy G. John, Myrddin Rees
  • Palliative care of the colorectal cancer patient / Melanie Jefferson, Ilora Finlay
  • Future directions in the oncological treatment of colorectal cancer / Anthony El-Khoueiry, Heinz-Josef Lenz.