Colorectal cancer / edited by Gina Brown.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, Gina, editor.

Series:

Contemporary issues in cancer imaging.

Contemporary issues in cancer imaging

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colon (Anatomy)--Cancer.

Colon (Anatomy).

Rectum--Cancer.

Rectum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the developed world. The last five years have seen dramatic improvements in the multidisciplinary management of this malignancy. In this volume, experts at the forefront of these advances contribute their knowledge and experience on the major advances that have occurred in diagnosis, staging, preoperative and adjuvant therapy, surgery and follow-up assessment of patients with this disease. Imaging underpins all aspects of the clinical management of colorectal cancer and has been shown to play a critical role in improving outcomes for patients. About the series Each volume in Contemporary Issues in Cancer Imaging - A Multidisciplinary Approach is edited by an expert guest editor, with contributions from all members of the multidisciplinary team, bringing together expertise from many specialties to promote the understanding and application of modern imaging in overall patient management.

Contents:

The clinical presentation of colorectal cancer / Sarah Fisher, Ian Daniels

Pathology for the radiologist : pathological insights / Philip Quirke

Screening for colorectal cancer / Steve Halligan

The surgical approach to colorectal cancer / Ian Daniels, Richard J. Heald

Laparoscopic surgery / Anthony Antoniou, Ara Darzi

Chemotherapy / Yu Jo Chua, David Cunningham

Radiotherapy in colorectal cancer / Brian D.P. O'Neill, Diana M. Tait

The changing role of endoluminal ultrasound in rectal cancer / Peter Chowdhury, Rhodri Davies, Ashley Roberts

CT staging / Sarah Burton, Gina Brown

MRI staging / Sarah Burton, Gina Brown

Imaging of metastatic disease / Gina Brown

Patterns of recurrence / Naureen Starling, Gina Brown.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17343-4

1-282-73367-2

9786612733673

0-511-90091-0

0-511-79855-5

0-511-90170-4

0-511-90246-8

0-511-79715-X

0-511-79993-4

OCLC:

659500259