Handbook of gastrointestinal cancer / / edited by Janusz Jankowski, Ernest Hawk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019166403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
• ISBN: 1-118-42331-3; 1-299-15771-8; 1-118-42337-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Altri autori (Persone): JankowskiJanusz; HawkErnest T
• Disciplina: 616.99/433
• Soggetti: Gastrointestinal system - Cancer; Digestive organs - Cancer
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Handbook of Gastrointestinal Cancer; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Staging; Prognostication; Prevention; Cancer management; Family screening; References; 2 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma; Screening for Barrett's esophagus and esophagus cancer; GERD symptoms; Hiatal hernia, reflux esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Staging; Pathological features; Patient factors; Future; Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia and early esophageal adenocarcinoma (T1m); Esophageal adenocarcinomaReferences; 3 Gastric Cancer; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Prevention; Cancer management; Resectable gastric cancer; Surgery; Perioperative chemotherapy; Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy; Adjuvant chemotherapy; Locally advanced and metastatic gastric cancer; Surgery; Radiotherapy; First-line chemotherapy; Targeted agents; Second-line chemotherapy; Family screening; Key patient consent issues; Acknowledgments; References; 4 Small Intestinal Cancers; Epidemiology; Adenocarcinoma of the small bowel; Risk factors; Neuroendocrine tumors; Lymphomas; Sarcomas; Gastrointestinal stromal tumorsClinical features; Diagnosis; Imaging ; modalities; Cancer management; Carcinoid tumors; Lymphoma; GIST and sarcoma; Prognosis; Prevention; Conclusions; References; 5 Colorectal Cancer; Introduction; Incidence; Mortality; Research funding; Cancer distribution; Molecular types; Nonmodifiable risk factors; Genetic patterns of CRC; FAP; HNPCC/lynch syndrome; Amsterdam criteria II for diagnosis of HNPCC; MYH-associated polyposis; Peutz-Jeghers syndrome; Juvenile polyposis syndrome; Inflammatory bowel disease; Metabolic environment and neoangiogenesis; Epithelial-mesenchymal transitionHistological variants of colorectal cancer; Physical; Digital rectal exam; Imaging; X-ray; CT; MRI; EUS; Indications for EUS in rectal cancer; Potential impact of EUS staging on rectal cancer management; FDG-PET; Procedures; Sentinel node mapping; Medical therapy; The concept of personalized therapy; Proposed single agent treatment markers; AJCC7 recommendations; Metastatic disease; Prognostic factors; Colonoscopy; CEA; CT; Recent issues; Quality-of-life issues; Consent issues; Awareness; Acknowledgments; References; 6 Anal Cancer; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; PreventionCancer management; Perianal skin tumors; Anal canal adenocarcinoma; Anal canal melanomas; Anal canal squamous cell cancer; References; 7 Primary Hepatic Cancer; Epidemiology; Diagnosis; Clinical features; Imaging studies; Biopsy; Serology; Surveillance; Prognosis and staging; Cancer management; Surgery; Liver transplantation; Percutaneous ablation; Transarterial embolization; Molecular therapy; Prevention; References; 8 Pancreatic and Biliary Cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Epidemiology; Histology of pancreatic tumors; Molecular biology of pancreatic carcinomas; Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
• Sommario/riassunto: Residents/trainees and specialists in gastroenterology, oncology, and surgery, as well as GI/cancer nurses and other health professionals will welcome this accessible guide to the diagnosis and clinical management of all forms of GI cancer. Separate chapters are dedicated to each form of cancer, with each chapter structured in a uniformly consistent way: Epidemiology of that type of GI cancer; Diagnosis; Prevention; Management; Family screening; Case studies; Key patient consent issues.