Gastrointestinal Oncology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Carcinogenesis in gastrointestinal organs

   • Daniel S. Longnecker, George K. Michalopoulos, James W. Osborne

   Pages 1-39

3. Nutritional factors in gastrointestinal cancer

   • William D. DeWys

   Pages 41-73

4. Precursors for upper gastrointestinal cancer: the need for screening

   • David E. Larson, L. Joseph Melton III

   Pages 75-91

5. Hereditary colon cancer syndromes: polyposis and nonpolyposis (Lynch syndromes I & II) variants

   • Henry T. Lynch, Stephen J. Lanspa, Jane F. Lynch

   Pages 93-147

6. Screening and early diagnosis of colorectal cancer

   • Paul H. Sugarbaker

   Pages 149-166

7. Endoscopy in the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal cancer

   • David R. Antonow, Craig McClain

   Pages 167-215

8. The detection and surgical management of recurrent colon and rectal cancers

   • J. P. Minton, M. H. Zahniser

   Pages 217-233

9. Systemic and regional chemotherapy in advanced colorectal carcinoma

   • Nancy Kemeny

   Pages 235-252

10. Anal canal and esophageal squamous cell carcinomas: the role of combined modality treatment

    • Richard Pazdur, Laurence Baker

    Pages 253-272

11. Adjuvant therapy of gastrointestinal cancer

    • Edward H. Romond, Lawrence A. Mendelsohn, John S. MacDonald

    Pages 273-295

12. Primary hepatobiliary carcinoma

    • Blake Cady

    Pages 297-317

13. Islet cell and carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract

    • Daniel G. Haller

    Pages 319-334

14. Lymphomas of the gastrointestinal tract

    • Alan F. List, Kenneth R. Hande

    Pages 335-359

15. Back Matter

    Pages 361-373

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This is the third volume on gastrointestinal cancer of the Cancer Treatment and Research Series. The emphasis in this volume is to present a series of papers on areas of high clinical relevance in malignant diseases of the gut. As in the first and second volumes of this series, authors have been selected for their expertise and national and international prominence in their fields. This volume is organized so that papers explaining basic science pro spec­ tives proceed those dealing with clinical aspects of gastrointestinal cancer. It is clear that in many instances advances gastrointestinal carcinoma cannot be effectively treated if ' cure' is the desired goal. When faced with poorly treatable diseases it is obviously important to look toward the causes and prevention of these illnesses. For this reason, there are several chapters in this volume that examine the issue of carcinogenesis of gastrointestinal cancer. Likewise, in diseases that are poorly treatable in advances stages, one is interested in early detection. Thus, early screening of populations becomes important and is dealt with in three papers in this volume. Chapt­ ers on treatment explore innovative approaches to therapy of gastrointesti­ nal cancer. Second-look surgery with resection, arterial perfusion with che­ motherapy, adjuvant therapy and neoadjuvant therapy are all addressed in various chapters in this volume. Finally, four chapters deal with unusual problems in gastrointestinal cancer. These papers include discussions ofpri­ mary hepatobillary cancer, lymphoma of the gut, and gastrointestinal endo­ crine tumors.

• adjuvant therapy
• cancer
• cancer treatment
• carcinogenesis
• carcinoma
• cell
• endoscopy
• gastrointestinal cancer
• lymphoma
• oncology
• prevention
• screening
• surgery

` It is a book which would be equally suitable to physician, oncologist or surgeon. It provides a broad update of gastrointestinal oncology by review of specialised areas and in this regard it achieves the aim indicated in the foreword. '
Cancer Forum, July 1988

• Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Kentucky Medical Center and Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, USA

  John S. MacDonald

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