Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sepulveda, Antonia R. (Editor), Lynch, John P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Molecular Pathology Library, 7
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6015-2

Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal Diseases� reviews the molecular aspects that characterize the spectrum of neoplastic conditions that affect the�gastrointestinal tract, providing the reader with current up-to-date knowledge. For each disease entity chapters provide reviews on: the...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1. Introduction
• 1. Mechanisms of Gastrointestinal Carcinogenesis
• Section 2. Epithelial Neoplastic Disease
• 2. Targeted Therapies and Molecular Diagnostics of Gastrointestinal Cancers
• 3. Molecular Pathology of Barrett's Metaplasia and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• 4. Molecular Pathology of Squamous Carcinomas of the Esophagus
• 5. Molecular Mechanisms and Pathology of Gastric Carcinogenesis: Sporadic Cancers
• 6. Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and Other Gastric Cancers Associated with Hereditary Predisposition Syndromes
• 7. Cancer Predisposition Syndromes of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• 8. Molecular Pathology of Colon and Small Bowel Cancers: Sporadic Types
• 9. Cancers of the Rectum and Anal Canal
• 10. Molecular Pathology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated Neoplasia
• Section 3. Non-Epithelial Neoplastic� Tumors
• 11. Molecular Biology and Pathology of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
• 12. Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Section 4. Metastatic Disease and Tumor Markers
• 13. Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Metastases
• 14. Circulating Tumor Cells and Nucleic Acids for Tumor Diagnosis
• 15. Serological Markers of Digestive Tract Cancers.