Advances in Colorectal Cancer
Published on 1. November 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-19-851626-2 (ISBN)
Description
This issue forms part of a series of expert reviews on selected health topics in fields where significant developments are occurring. It aims to be a useful reference source, allowing those working in other specialities and younger clinicians and scientists to update their knowledge in important and well-defined subject areas.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-851626-2 (9780198516262)
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Content
Epidemiology of colorectal cancer; Genetics of colorectal cancer: hereditary aspects and overview of colorectal tumorigenesis; Genetics - cellular basis; Pathology - a molecular prognostic approach; Screening for colorectal cancer; New techniques for imaging colorectal cancer: the use of MRI, PET and radioimmunoscintigraphy for primary staging and follow-up; Surgery for colorectal cancer; Outcome following surgery for colorectal cancer; Surgery of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: new promises; Radiotherapy in rectal cancer; Chemotherapy in colorectal cancer: new options and new challenges; Immunotherapy of colorectal cancer; Gene therapy for colorectal cancer; Therapeutics targeting signal transduction for patients with colorectal carcinoma