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Intestinal Polyps and Polyposis From Genetics to Treatment and Follow-up /

Nowadays, we are dealing more frequently with the entity of large intestine polyps, as endoscopy and bowel cancer screening programmes are rapidly expanding. Often a single polyp is involved, but more complex situations are also encountered, including the well-defined pattern of polyposis. These sit...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Delaini, Gian Gaetano. (Editor), SkYi ka, Tomà. (Editor), Colucci, Gianluca. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2009.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Gastroenterology.
Cancer > Surgery.
Pathology.
Colon (Anatomy) > Surgery.
Medicine & Public Health.
Colorectal Surgery.
Surgical Oncology.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1124-3
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Impact of Bowel Cancer Screening: Are We Going to Observe a Different Disease?- 2 Pathological Features of Sporadic Colonic Adenoma
  • 3 Serrated Neoplasia Pathway
  • 4 Genetic and Clinical Features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and Attenuated FAP
  • 5 Not Only FAP. Other Rare Polyposis Syndromes
  • 6 Diet, Polyps, and Cancer: Where is the Truth?
  • 7 Chemoprevention of Colonic Cancer. Is There a Foreseeable Future?
  • 8 The Role of Imaging in Colonic Polyps and Polyposis
  • 9 Rectal Polyps and Early Rectal Cancer. Assessment by Three-Dimensional
  • Endorectal Ultrasonography
  • 10 What is What? Clinical Vignettes of Multiple Polyps
  • 11 Diagnosis and treatment of upper GI polyps in polyposis
  • 12 Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for Polyps and Polyposis
  • 13 Management and Treatment of Complications in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy
  • 14 Follow-up After Endoscopic Polypectomy
  • 15 Surgical Options for FAP
  • 16 Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. The Role of Laparoscopy - An Overview
  • 17 Rectal Polyps after Ileorectal Anastomosis. What is the Future
  • 18 Anorectal Polyps and Polypoid Lesions
  • 19 Polypectomy of Anorectal Polyps and Polypoid Lesions. Why, When, and How?- 20 Quality of Life and FAP Patients
  • 21 Psychological and Medico-legal Aspects of Genetic Counseling in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
  • 22 The Role of a Registry in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
  • 23 Coping With FAP. The Role of Patients' Associations. Subject Index.

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