Colorectal cancer: Multimodality management Book Whole

  


Editor: Saltz, L. B.
Title: Colorectal cancer: Multimodality management
Title Series: Current Clinical Oncology
Abstract: This 854-page book, part of a series in clinical oncology, reviews clinical the management of colorectal cancer. The 42 individually authored chapters are organized into six sections of epidemiology and prevention, diagnostic and therapeutic radiology, surgery, medical oncology, supportive management, and new agents. Specific topics covered include lifestyle influences, heredity, screening and surveillance, cryosurgical ablation, oral fluoropyrimidines, pain management, and gene therapy. Each chapter includes a list of references. The book highlights a list of contributors and their respective institutions. The text is written in English and indexed with tables, figures, illustrations, and photographs. Users of this book will include oncologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and radiation therapists involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer.
Keywords: oncology; gastroenterology; human medicine; medical sciences; neoplasms - pathology; clinical aspects and systemic effects 24008; 03502; neoplasms - diagnostic methods 24004; pathology - general 12512; genetics - general 03508; public health: epidemiology - organic diseases and neoplasms 37056; digestive system - pathology 24001; anatomy and histology - surgery 12502; genetics - human 11105; pathology - therapy 14004; digestive system - physiology and biochemistry 14006; neoplasms - therapeutic agents and therapy 37054; public health: epidemiology - miscellaneous antineoplastic drugs pharmacotherapy therapeutic method/radiation therapy therapeutic method/tumor resection surgical method; therapeutic method colon digestive system/rectum digestive system multimodality management
ISBN: 9781468496703
Publisher: Humana Press Inc  
Publication Place: Totowa, NJ
Date Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 854
Language: English
ACCESSION: BCI:BCI200200602202
PROVIDER: biosis
Notes: Book -- 0 -- 999 Riverview Drive, Suite 208, Totowa, NJ, 07512, USA -- Source: Biosis
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  1. Leonard B Saltz
    790 Saltz
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