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Rectal Cancer : Modern Approaches to Treatment / edited by George J. Chang.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine.
- Interventional radiology.
- Oncology.
- Surgery.
- Medicine & Public Health.
- General Surgery.
- Interventional Radiology.
- Local Subjects:
- Medicine & Public Health.
- General Surgery.
- Oncology.
- Interventional Radiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 375 pages 210 illustrations, 172 illustrations in color)
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Rectal Cancer: Modern Approaches to Treatment provides a useful overview of the multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer with a deeper dive into clinical challenges faced by treating physicians. Written by the leading experts in the field, it provides a practical management guide with an emphasis on the state-of-the-art that will be of value to both novices and experts engaged in rectal cancer treatment.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the Multidisciplinary Approach
- Clinical Anatomy of the Rectum
- Endorectal Ultrasound
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rectum
- Radiographic Evaluation for Systemic Disease
- Local Excision
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM) and Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TaMIS)
- Preoperative Radiotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy
- Total Mesorectal Excision
- Coloanal Reconstruction and Intersphincteric Resection
- Abdominoperineal Excision
- Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
- Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery
- Robotic Rectal Surgery
- Composite Resection for Primary Rectal Cancer
- Evaluation and Treatment of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer
- Reconstruction of the Pelvis and Perineum
- Primary Tumor Management in Stage IV Rectal Cancer
- Systemic Chemotherapy
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Palliative Treatment
- Quality of Life After Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
- Maximizing Neoadjuvant Treatment Response
- Standards for Pathologic Evaluation
- Molecular Markers and Mutational Analysis.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319163840
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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