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Endoscopic Oncology

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Editors:
  1. Douglas O. Faigel

    1. Oregon Health and Science University, Portland

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  2. Michael L. Kochman

    1. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Esophagus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Barrett’s Esophagus

      • Glenn M. Eisen
      Pages 3-7

    3. Endoscopic Screening for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

      • Brian C. Jacobson
      Pages 9-15

    4. Image Enhancement Endoscopy

      • Stephan M. Wildi, Michael B. Wallace
      Pages 17-30

    5. Staging of Esophageal Cancer

      • Jason Vollweiler, Gregory Zuccaro Jr.
      Pages 31-42

    6. Endoscopic Therapy for Early Esophageal Cancer and Premalignant Lesions in Barrett’s Esophagus

      • Ganapathy A. Prasad, Kenneth K. Wang
      Pages 43-51

    7. Endoscopic Therapy for Advanced Esophageal Cancer

      • Sanjay Jagannath, Marcia I. Canto
      Pages 53-65

    8. Radiological Imaging of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

      • Marc S. Levine
      Pages 67-84

    9. Esophageal Cancer Therapy

      • John M. Holland, Christopher A. Canning
      Pages 85-97

  3. Stomach and Small Bowel

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 100-100
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    2. Premalignant Lesions of the Stomach

      • Omid A. Shaye, Andrew Ippoliti
      Pages 101-108

    3. Gastric Polyps

      • George A. Makar, Gregory G. Ginsberg
      Pages 109-120

    4. Endoscopic Ultrasound for Staging Gastric Cancer

      • Gregory Olds, Amitabh Chak
      Pages 121-128

    5. Endoscopic Treatment for Gastric Cancer

      • Takuji Gotoda, Roy M. Soetikno
      Pages 129-138

    6. Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Lymphoma

      • John G. Kuldau, Peter R. Holman, Thomas J. Savides
      Pages 139-149

    7. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

      • Raquel E. Davila
      Pages 151-159

    8. Carcinoid Tumors

      • Willscott E. Naugler, Gordon C. Hunt
      Pages 161-172

    9. Medical and Surgical Therapy for Gastric Cancer

      • Diane Hershock
      Pages 173-181

  4. Colon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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Table 1 Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Americans (see www.cdc.gov). Colorectal cancer kills more Incidence and Mortality of the Five Most Common Gastrointestinal Malignancies Americans than any other malignancy except for lung cancer. The incidences and mortalities of the major gastrointestinal a a Site Incidence Mortality (GI) malignancies are shown in Table 1. Taken as a group, the five most common GI malignancies account for more cancers Colorectum 53.9 21.6 and more cancer deaths than for any other site. Pancreas 11.1 10.6 Stomach 9.1 4.9 Flexible endoscopy has given physicians unprecedented Liver/intrahepatic bile ducts 6.2 4.4 access to the GI tract. The ability to endoscopically visu- Esophagus 4.5 4.3 alize, biopsy, and apply therapy has had implications for the management of all the major GI malignancies. Accepted Data from SEER database 1992–2002 (www.seer.cancer.gov). applications of endoscopy range from detection of mal- a Per 100,000.

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"...an excellent resource for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopists who deal with patients with suspected or established gastrointestinal cancers."  -Weighted Numerical Score: 85 - 3 Stars!-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oregon Health and Science University, Portland

    Douglas O. Faigel

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

    Michael L. Kochman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Endoscopic Oncology

  • Editors: Douglas O. Faigel, Michael L. Kochman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-172-7

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Humana Press 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-58829-532-3Published: 01 August 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-624-5Published: 19 April 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59745-172-7Published: 06 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 380

  • Number of Illustrations: 368 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oncology

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