Gastrointestinal Cancers : A companion to Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease

by Rustgi & Crawford

• ISBN13: 9780721689630
• ISBN10: 0721689639
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-21
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

The newest title in the Sleisenger and Fordtran family provides the field with comprehensive and practical coverage of all gastrointestinal cancers from significant advances in understanding to its clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. A multidisciplinary team of experts explores all of the significant new advances in our understanding of cancer and details the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of each type. Written by a multi-disciplinary team to reflect current practice throughout the field. Discusses screening and epidemiology for cancers. Examines future directions and key developments at the end of each chapter. Features a full-color plate section that presents cancers as they are seen in practice. Includes cross-references at the beginning of each chapter to show how subjects are related. Explores the underlying molecular mechanisms and genetic markers for GI cancers. Details all of today's imaging techniques.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Daniel K Podolsky
Dedication	viii
Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF GASTROINTESTINAL ONCOLOGY
Section One: Principles of Oncogenesis
The Mammalian Cell Cycle	3	(12)
Mark E Ewen
Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes	15	(18)
Chris Trzepacz
Joanna Groden
Peptide Growth Factors	33	(22)
John A Barnard
Signal Transduction Pathways During Oncogenesis	55	(14)
Angela L Tyner
M Bishr Omary
Tumor Invasion and Metastasis	69	(12)
Antoni Castells
Anil K Rustgi
Section Two: Pathology of Gastrointestinal Cancers
The Immune System	81	(24)
Mark S Ryan
Richard S Blumberg
Development of the Alimentary Tract, Liver and Pancreas	105	(16)
Debra G Silberg
Gary D Wu
Principles of Anatomy	121	(12)
James M Crawford
Principles of Pathology	133	(6)
James M Crawford
Section Three: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches
Principles of Radiology	139	(12)
Alec J Megibow
Principles of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy	151	(8)
John Baillie
Principles of Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy	159	(8)
Yasir Suliman
Noel Williams
Principles of Biopsy	167	(8)
Carolyn C Compton
Principles of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy	175	(10)
Robert J Myerson
Joel Picus
Section Four: Principles of Patient Care
Principles of Patient-based Cancer Research	185	(8)
James D Lewis
Brian L Strom
Screening and Surveillance of Gastrointestinal Cancers	193	(12)
Dawn Provenzale
Prevention of Gastrointestinal Cancers	205	(10)
Ernest T Hawk
Caroline C Sigman
Gary J Kelloff
PART 2 ORGAN-BASED ONCOLOGY
Section One: Esophageal Cancer
Clinical Aspects of Esophageal Cancer	215	(26)
Colleen M Schmitt
Scott R Brazer
Biology of Esophageal Cancer	241	(12)
Hiroshi Nakagawa
David Katzka
Anil K Rustgi
Pathology of Esophageal Cancer	253	(18)
Robert D Odze
Donald A Antonioli
Surgery of Esophageal Cancer	271	(12)
M Blair Marshall
Larry R Kaiser
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy of Esophageal Cancer	283	(8)
Tyvin Rich
Section Two: Gastric Carcinoma
Clinical Aspects of Gastric Cancer	291	(8)
Robert C Kurtz
Biology of Gastric Cancer	299	(22)
James J Farrell
Timothy C Wang
Pathology of Gastric Cancer	321	(10)
Gregory Y Lauwers
Michio Schimizu
Surgery of Gastric Cancer	331	(14)
Robert T Osteen
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy of Gastric Cancer	345	(10)
Bruce D Minsky
Section Three: Small Intestinal Carcinoma
Small Intestinal Neoplasms	355	(12)
Nadir Arber
I Bernard Weinstein
Section Four: Colorectal Carcinoma
Clinical Aspects of Inherited Colon Cancer	367	(12)
Randall W Burt
Clinical Aspects of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer	379	(28)
David A Ahlquist
Tousif M Pasha
Biology and Genetics of Colorectal Cancer	407	(14)
John M Carethers
Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer	421	(8)
Alistair J M Watson
Ernest T Hawk
Raymond N DuBois
Pathology of Colorectal Cancer	429	(24)
Cecilia Fenoglio-Preiser
Amy E Noffsinger
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy of Colorectal Cancer	453	(20)
Jeffrey W Clark
Christopher G Willet
Surgery of Colorectal Cancer	473	(18)
Christopher D Owens
Ronald Bleday
Section Five: Anal Zone Carcinoma
Cancer of the Anal Canal	491	(16)
Ashish K Chawla
Christopher G Willet
Section Six: Pancreatic Carcinoma
Clinical Aspects of Pancreatic and Ampullary Cancers	507	(12)
Markus Reiser
Wolf Schmiegel
Biology of Pancreatic Cancer	519	(10)
Murray Korc
Pathology of Pancreatic Cancer	529	(12)
Daniel S Longnecker
Surgery of Pancreatic Cancer	541	(8)
John F Gibbs
Judy L Smith
Harold O Douglass
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer	549	(14)
Richard M Goldberg
James A Martenson
Steven R Alberts
Section Seven: Hepatic and Extrahepatic Carcinoma
Clinical Aspects of Hepatocellular Cancer	563	(12)
Michael C Kew
Biology of Hepatocellular Cancer	575	(18)
Mehmet Ozturk
Rengul Cetin-Atalay
Pathology of Hepatocellular Cancer	593	(12)
Yasuni Nakanuma
Treatment of Hepatocellular Cancer	605	(18)
Mindie H Nguyen
Emmet B Keeffe
Carcinoma of the Gallbladder and the Extrahepatic Biliary Tree	623	(32)
James J Farrell
Raymond T Chung
Section Eight: Other Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Gastrointestinal Lymphomas and AIDS-related Gastrointestinal Cancers	655	(26)
Michael B Wallace
Charles R Thomas Jr
Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas	681	(40)
David C Metz
Robert T Jensen
Gastrointestinal Sarcomas	721	(12)
Mary Lou Keohan
Hanina Hibshoosh
Karen H Antman
Index	733