For the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, prevention, treatments, and forecasts For decades, while other cancers grabbed the headlines, colorectal cancer was quietly ignored. The ...

Gastrointestinal cancer includes cancer of the digestive system - the esophagus, colon, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs. Taken as a whole, there are an estimated 250,600 n...

This much-needed colorectal cancer resource is developed in consultation with a large national team of experts and endorsed not only by the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons but also by...

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, and in many parts of the western world, it is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. This book covers colon cancer metastasi...

In human solid cancer, the lymph node (LN) status is the most important prognostic indicator for the clinical outcome of patients. Recent developments in the sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept and t...

This book is organized into 4 sections, each looking at the question of outcome prediction in cancer from a different angle. The first section describes the clinical problem and some of the predica...

Radiology has seen dramatic technological advances in recent years. This multi-author text describes the current approach to colonic imaging and provides a detailed insight into likely future devel...

The fourth most common cancer, colon and rectal cancer is diagnosed in 130,000 new cases in the U.S. each year. As with many other cancers, the treatment environment is evolving. As a patient (or t...

Cancer Each year, over a million people in the US will hear those dreaded words, and most don't know where to even begin. This book, written by a cancer specialist, takes the cancer patient or car...