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Gastrointestinal malignancies / M. Wasif Saif, guest editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Emerging cancer therapeutics ; v. 1, issue 1.
- Emerging cancer therapeutics ; v. 1, issue 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digestive organs--Cancer.
- Digestive organs.
- Cancer--Treatment.
- Cancer.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Demos Medical Pub., c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gastrointestinal Malignancies. Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are common diseases worldwide. About 400,000 patients are diagnosed with esophageal cancer worldwide each year and nearly 330,000 die for this disease. Roughly 870,000 patients are newly diagnosed each year with gastric cancer and over 600,000 die from the disease each year. And 940,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed annually and 490,000 patients die from this disease. Management options for patients with GI cancer have undergone dramatic changes in the past decade. New cytotoxic agents, novel targeted agents, surgical
- Contents:
- Prelims; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3.1; Chapter 3.2; Chapter 3.3; Chapter 3.4; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-95947-6
- 9786612959479
- 1-935281-43-7
- OCLC:
- 689997463
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