Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
Questions and Answers
1st Edition
Published on 18. July 2012
XII, 367 pages
978-3-642-25005-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to promote an integrated approach among the various specialists involved in the management of rectal cancer with a view to ensuring that treatment is tailored appropriately to the individual patient. For ease of use, a question and answer format is employed. The focus is on those issues typically confronted during daily clinical practice in relation to risk factors, imaging, surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. The services of an outstanding panel of authors representative of the major European oncological societies have been acquired in order to formulate the questions and provide the answers. All who need assistance in addressing concerns that arise from the need for multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer will find the book to be an ideal source of helpful information.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XII, 367 p. 98 illus., 70 illus. in color.
File size
13,20 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-642-25005-7 (9783642250057)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-25005-7
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Vincenzo Valentini | Hans-Joachim Schmoll | Cornelis J. H. van de Velde
Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer
Questions and Answers
Book
07/2012
Springer
€64.19
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Content
Introduction.- What do we consider cancer of the rectum?.- What is considered state of the art in rectal cancer by ESTRO, ESMO and ESSO?.- Q&As on Risk Factor Identification.- Q&As on Imaging.- Q&As on Radiotherapy.- Q&As on Chemotherapy.- Q&As on Surgery.- Q&As on Pathology.- Q&As on Multidisciplinary Team Management.
