Rectal Cancer International Perspectives on Multimodality Management /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Czito, Brian G. (Editor), Willett, Christopher G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Current Clinical Oncology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Cancer > Surgery.; Colon (Anatomy) > Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.; Colorectal Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-567-5

This cutting-edge book delivers state of the art information on the evaluation and management of rectal cancer. Covering the spectrum of clinical management from initial evaluation and staging, to advances and controversies in management, to survivor outcomes, sphincter preservation and quality of l...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Clinical Staging: Endoscopic Techniques
• Clinical Staging: CT and MRI
• Surgery: Local Excision
• Surgery: Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection
• Surgery: Abdominoperineal Resection, Low-Anterior Resection and Beyond
• Surgery: T4 and Recurrent Rectal Cancer
• Surgery: Metastatic Disease
• Rectal Carcinoma: Surgical and Ablative Management of Liver Metastases.-Surgical Pathology.-Chemotherapy: Concurrent Delivery with Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Approaches.-Chemotherapy: Metastatic Disease.-Radiation therapy: Adjuvant vs. Neoadjuvant therapy.-Radiation therapy: Short vs. Long Course.-Chemoradiation Therapy: Non-operative Approaches.-Contact X-Ray Therapy
• Radiation Therapy: Brachytherapy and Contact Therapy.-Radiation Therapy: Technical Innovations.