Table of Contents
Foreword
James L. Abbruzzese and Raphael E. Pollock
Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1
Staging of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Michelle B. Waller, Karen A. Beaty, Angela J. McIntosh, and Steven A. Curley
Chapter 2
Recent Advances in Histopathology of Gastrointestinal Cancers: Prognostic and Therapeutic Assessment of Colorectal Cancers
Asif Rashid
Chapter 3
Current Status of Imaging Techniques in Gastrointestinal Cancers
Chusilp Charnsangavej
Chapter 4
Endoscopy in the Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Banke Agarwal
Chapter 5
Role of Laparoscopy in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Barry W. Feig
Chapter 6
Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility
Christopher I. Amos, Carol H. Bosken, Amr S. Soliman, and Marsha L. Frazier
Chapter 7
Colorectal Cancer: Screening and Primary Prevention
Patrick M. Lynch
Chapter 8
Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer and Genetic Counseling
Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas and Patrick M. Lynch
Chapter 9
Colon Cancer
Edward H. Lin and Henry Q. Xiong
Chapter 10
Rectal Cancer
Nora A. Janjan, Edward H. Lin, Marc E. Delclos, Christopher Crane, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, and John M. Skibber
Chapter 11
Metastatic Cancer of the Liver
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
Chapter 12
Staging and Therapeutic Approaches for Patients with Localized, Potentially Curable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Peter W. T. Pisters, Douglas B. Evans, Robert A. Wolff, and Christopher Crane
Chapter 13
Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer
Steven A. Curley
Chapter 14
Gastric Cancer
James C. Yao, Peter W. T. Pisters, Christopher Crane, and Jaffer A. Ajani
Chapter 15
Esophageal Carcinoma
Stephen G. Swisher, Ritsuko Komaki, Patrick M. Lynch, and Jaffer A. Ajani
Chapter 16
Anal Cancer
Nora A. Janjan, John M. Skibber, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, Christopher Crane, Marc E. Delclos, Edward H. Lin, and Jaffer A. Ajani
Chapter 17
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Dejka M. Steinert and Jonathan Trent
Chapter 18
Palliative Therapy
Nora A. Janjan, Edward H. Lin, Marc E. Delclos, Christopher Crane, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, John M. Skibber, and Charles Cleeland
Chapter 19
Bowel Management in Patients with Cancer
Annette K. Bisanz
Chapter 20
Barrett’s Esophagus
Ishaan S. Kalha and Frank A. Sinicrope
Index
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