Advances in surgical pathology. Colorectal carcinoma and tumors of the vermiform appendix /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Advances in surgical pathology series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Embryology, anatomy, and normal histology of the colorectum and appendix
- Epidemiology of colorectal adenocarcinoma
- Screening and surveillance for prevention of colorectal carcinoma
- Epithelial polyps and inflammatory bowel disease-related dysplasia
- Hamartomatous polyps and polyposis syndromes
- Handling of colorectal cancer resection specimens
- Morphologic classification of colorectal epithelial tumors
- Pathologic staging issues: implementation of the TNM staging system
- Prognostically important features of colorectal carcinoma
- Differential diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma
- Molecular mechanisms of colorectal carcinogenesis
- Practical issues related to ancillary testing of colorectal carcinoma
- Microrna expression in colonic adenocarcinoma
- Non-invasive biomarkers and early detection of colorectal cancer
- Emerging endoscopic techniques in management of IBD-related neoplasia
- Targeted therapies for the treatment of advanced colorectal carcinoma
- Surgical management of stage IV colorectal carcinoma
- Endocrine cell (carcinoid) tumors of the vermiform appendix
- Appendiceal mucinous neoplasms and pseudomyxoma peritonei
- Non-mucinous epithelial tumors of the appendix