Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality
Management is a timely analysis of the diagnosis, staging,
pathology, and therapy of cancer of the rectum. This book is
intended as a useful resource for physicians, scientists, medical
students, and allied health personnel in the disciplines of
radiology, gastroenterology, surgical oncology, medical onc- ogy,
radiation oncology, and pathology. Renowned contributors from
different medical d- ciplines have written their chapters in a
thoughtful, provocative, and visual fashion. Importantly, these
chapters highlight the controversies in the diagnostic, staging,
and the- peutic management of patients with rectal cancer while
providing practical management recommendations. This book is
divided into 18 chapters. Early chapters address the diagnosis and
staging of rectal cancer, highlighting the critical role of
contemporary imaging in guiding treatment. The remaining chapters
focus on the multimodality management of rectal cancer from the
vantage points of surgery, pathology, chemotherapy, and radiation
therapy. The major dev- opments in surgery are reviewed first,
including contemporary roles of local excision, total mesorectal
excision, lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, organ preservation
approaches, as well as the management of advanced, recurrent, and
metastatic disease. Following is a ch- ter describing the
pathologic evaluation of rectal cancer specimens, with emphasis on
proper methodology and its clinical relevance to overall disease
management. The final chapters review the contemporary roles of
chemotherapy (including with radiation therapy, adjuvant and
neoadjuvant settings without radiation therapy, as well as in
metastatic disease) as well as radiation therapy (including
adjuvant and neoadjuvant approaches, short vs.
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