Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management

Book Overview

Preface 1. Clinical Staging: Endoscopic Techniques 2. Clinical Staging: CT and MR 3. Surgery: Local Excision 4. Surgery: Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection 5. Surgery: Abdominoperineal Resection, Low-Anterior Resection and Beyond 6. Surgery: T4 and Recurrent Rectal Cancer 7. Surgery: Metastatic Disease 8. Rectal Carcinoma: Surgical and Ablative Management of Liver Metastases 9. Surgical Pathology 10. Chemotherapy: Concurrent Delivery with Radiation Therapy 11. Chemotherapy: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Approaches 12. Chemotherapy: Metastatic Disease 13. Radiation therapy: Adjuvant vs. Neoadjuvant therapy 14. Radiation therapy: Short vs. Long Course 15. Chemoradiation Therapy: Non-operative Approaches 16. Contact X-Ray Therapy 17. Radiation Therapy: Brachytherapy and Contact Therapy 18. Radiation Therapy: Technical Innovations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617796956
• ISBN13: 9781617796951
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"