Rectal cancer : international perspectives on multimodality management /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Humana, c2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 313 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:	English
Series:	Current clinical oncology Current clinical oncology (Totowa, N.J.)
Subject:	Rectum -- Cancer. Rectum -- Cancer -- Adjuvant treatment. Rectum -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Case studies. Rectal Neoplasms -- therapy. Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols. Combined Modality Therapy. Chemotherapy, Adjuvant. Neoadjuvant Therapy. Rectum -- Cancer. Rectum -- Cancer -- Treatment. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8894677

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Other authors / contributors:	Czito, Brian G. Willett, Christopher G.
ISBN:	9781607615675 1607615673
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Rectal cancer. New York : Humana, c2010 9781607615668 1607615665

Table of Contents:

Clinical staging: endoscopic techniques
Clinical staging: CT and MRI
Local excision
Total mesorectal excision and lateral pelvic lymph node dissection
Abdominoperineal resection, low anterior resection, and beyond
T4 and recurrent rectal cancer
Surgical management of pulmonary metastases
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 versus long course
Chemoradiation therapy: nonoperative approaches
Contact x-ray therapy
High-dose-rate preoperative endorectal brachytherapy for patients with rectal cancer
Radiation therapy: technical innovations.

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