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Rectal Cancer

International Perspectives on Multimodality Management

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Editors:
  1. Brian G. Czito

    1. Dept. Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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  2. Christopher G. Willett

    1. Dept. Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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  • Presents state-of-the-art knowledge of biology, genetics, staging, and treatment
  • Attention to outcomes and quality of life of survivors
  • Provides the most current examination of US and European clinical trials
  • Covers medical, surgical, and radiation therapies
  • Written by key international opinion leaders
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology (CCO)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Clinical Staging: Endoscopic Techniques

    • Hueylan Chern, W. Douglas Wong
    Pages 1-19

  3. Clinical Staging: CT and MRI

    • Gina Brown, Shwetal Dighe, Fiona Taylor
    Pages 21-35

  4. Local Excision

    • Y. Nancy You, Heidi Nelson
    Pages 37-51

  5. Total Mesorectal Excision and Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection

    • Miranda Kusters, Yoshihiro Moriya, Harm J. T. Rutten, Cornelis J. H. van de Velde
    Pages 53-78

  6. Abdominoperineal Resection, Low Anterior Resection, and Beyond

    • Kirk Ludwig, Lauren Kosinski, Timothy Ridolfi
    Pages 79-107

  7. T4 and Recurrent Rectal Cancer

    • Jason Park, Jose Guillem
    Pages 109-121

  8. Surgical Management of Pulmonary Metastases

    • Loretta Erhunmwunsee, Thomas A. D’Amico
    Pages 123-129

  9. Surgical and Ablative Management of Liver Metastases

    • Srinevas K. Reddy, Bryan M. Clary
    Pages 131-150

  10. Surgical Pathology

    • Nicholas P. West, Philip Quirke
    Pages 151-164

  11. Chemotherapy: Concurrent Delivery with Radiation Therapy

    • Jean-François Bosset, Christophe Borg, Philippe Maingon, Gilles Crehange, Stéphanie Servagi-Vernat, Mathieu Bosset
    Pages 165-174

  12. Chemotherapy: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Approaches

    • Rachel Wong, David Cunningham, Ian Chua
    Pages 175-187

  13. Chemotherapy: Metastatic Disease

    • Kathryn M. Field, John R. Zalcberg
    Pages 189-222

  14. Radiation Therapy: Adjuvant vs. Neoadjuvant Therapy

    • Rolf Sauer, Claus Rödel
    Pages 223-234

  15. Radiation Therapy: Short Versus Long Course

    • Krzysztof Bujko, Magdalena Bujko
    Pages 235-247

  16. Chemoradiation Therapy: Nonoperative Approaches

    • Angelita Habr-Gama, Rodrigo Perez, Igor Proscurshim, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues
    Pages 249-265

  17. Contact X-Ray Therapy

    • Jean-Pierre Gérard, Robert Myerson, A. Sun Myint
    Pages 267-275

  18. High-Dose-Rate Preoperative Endorectal Brachytherapy for Patients with Rectal Cancer

    • Té Vuong, Slobodan Devic, Ervin Podgorsak
    Pages 277-288

  19. Radiation Therapy: Technical Innovations

    • Brian G. Czito, Christopher G. Willett
    Pages 289-305

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 307-313
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About this book

Rectal Cancer: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management is a timely analysis of the diagnosis, staging, pathology, and therapy of cancer of the rectum. This book is intended as a useful resource for physicians, scientists, medical students, and allied health personnel in the disciplines of radiology, gastroenterology, surgical oncology, medical onc- ogy, radiation oncology, and pathology. Renowned contributors from different medical d- ciplines have written their chapters in a thoughtful, provocative, and visual fashion. Importantly, these chapters highlight the controversies in the diagnostic, staging, and the- peutic management of patients with rectal cancer while providing practical management recommendations. This book is divided into 18 chapters. Early chapters address the diagnosis and staging of rectal cancer, highlighting the critical role of contemporary imaging in guiding treatment. The remaining chapters focus on the multimodality management of rectal cancer from the vantage points of surgery, pathology, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The major dev- opments in surgery are reviewed first, including contemporary roles of local excision, total mesorectal excision, lateral pelvic lymph node dissection, organ preservation approaches, as well as the management of advanced, recurrent, and metastatic disease. Following is a ch- ter describing the pathologic evaluation of rectal cancer specimens, with emphasis on proper methodology and its clinical relevance to overall disease management. The final chapters review the contemporary roles of chemotherapy (including with radiation therapy, adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings without radiation therapy, as well as in metastatic disease) as well as radiation therapy (including adjuvant and neoadjuvant approaches, short vs.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“Serve as an excellent resource on the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer. … The international background of the authors brings immense value to this book. … The chapters are uniformly well-written, clear, and lucid. … This book will be of particular interest to radiation oncologists. … an outstanding source of clinically relevant information on the management of rectal cancer. … relevant for specialists in gastrointestinal oncology, but will also be very useful and accessible for all clinicians and trainees in surgical, medical, and radiation oncology.” (Prajnan Das, International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics, Vol. 79 (4), March, 2011)

“The book deals with the approaches to the patients suffering from rectal carcinoma. The authors analyse precisely all of the problems referring to … rectal carcinoma. They do not deviate from the main topic which makes the book coherent and keeps reader’s attention. There have been used up-to-date information based on facts and clinical evaluation of different studies. … can be considerably helpful to doctors searching for the complex data about rectal cancer and to the specialists who deal with rectal carcinoma therapy.” (V. Usakova and J. Usak, Neoplasma, March, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

    Brian G. Czito, Christopher G. Willett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rectal Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: International Perspectives on Multimodality Management

  • Editors: Brian G. Czito, Christopher G. Willett

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Oncology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-567-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-566-8Published: 05 August 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-695-1Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-567-5Published: 29 July 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2364-1134

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-1142

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 316

  • Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Imaging / Radiology, Colorectal Surgery, Radiotherapy

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