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Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer

Questions and Answers

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Vincenzo Valentini

    1. , Dept. of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica S.Cuore, Rome, Italy

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  2. Hans-Joachim Schmoll

    1. Klinik und Poliklinik Innere Medizin IV, Abt. Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

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  3. Cornelis J. H. Velde

    1. Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

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  • Ideal aid to multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer
  • Question and answer format that will enable the reader quickly to find answers on the issues that arise in daily practice
  • Includes guidelines on management according to the clinical presentation that have been endorsed by the major European oncological societies
  • Compiled by an outstanding panel of authors representative of these societies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (36 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What Do We Consider Cancer of the Rectum?

      • Marilyne M. Lange, Cornelis J. H. van de Velde
      Pages 3-8

    3. What Is the Ongoing Recommendation in the Management of Rectal Cancer?

      • Vincenzo Valentini, Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Cornelis J. H. van de Velde
      Pages 9-18

  3. Q&As on Risk Factor Identification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. What Prognostic Clinical Factors Must Be Considered Before Treatment?

      • Claus Rödel
      Pages 21-26

    3. What Are the Relevant Imaging Factors to Optimize Treatment Decisions?

      • Manish Chand, Gina Brown
      Pages 27-39

    4. What Biochemical and Molecular Biological Factors Have Greater Relevance to Treatment Decisions?

      • Guido Lammering, Jeroen Buijsen
      Pages 41-48

    5. Do Different Populations of Rectal Cancer Exist?

      • Vincenzo Valentini, Francesco Cellini, Maria Cristina Barba, Ruud van Stiphout
      Pages 49-55

  4. Q&As on Imaging

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. How Can We Identify Tumour Penetration?

      • Manish Chand, Gina Brown
      Pages 59-65

    3. How Can We Identify Mesorectal Fascia Involvement?

      • Regina G. H. Beets-Tan
      Pages 67-71

    4. How Can We Identify Nodal Involvement?

      • Regina G. H. Beets-Tan
      Pages 73-75

    5. How Can We Identify Pathologic Complete Responders After Radiochemotherapy?

      • Brunella Barbaro, Lucia Leccisotti
      Pages 77-93

    6. How Can We Identify Local Relapse?

      • Doenja M. J. Lambregts, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan
      Pages 95-102

  5. Q&As on Radiotherapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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  6. Q&As on Radiotherapy

    1. When Should Preoperative Short-Course Radiotherapy or Long-Course Chemoradiotherapy Be Performed?

      • David Sebag-Montefiore, Robert Glynne-Jones
      Pages 105-116

    2. Should We Tailor the Delineation of Pelvic Structures According to Tumor Presentation?

      • Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Vincenzo Valentini
      Pages 117-127

    3. What Is the Role of IMRT and IGRT in Rectal Cancer?

      • Jasper Nijkamp, Karin Haustermans, Corrie A. M. Marijnen
      Pages 129-148

    4. What Are the Dose-Volume Constraints to Reduce Late Toxicity?

      • Krzysztof Bujko
      Pages 149-154
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About this book

This book seeks to promote an integrated approach among the various specialists involved in the management of rectal cancer with a view to ensuring that treatment is tailored appropriately to the individual patient. For ease of use, a question and answer format is employed. The focus is on those issues typically confronted during daily clinical practice in relation to risk factors, imaging, surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. The services of an outstanding panel of authors representative of the major European oncological societies have been acquired in order to formulate the questions and provide the answers. All who need assistance in addressing concerns that arise from the need for multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer will find the book to be an ideal source of helpful information.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Radiation Therapy, Università Cattolica S.Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Vincenzo Valentini

  • Klinik und Poliklinik Innere Medizin IV, Abt. Hämatologie und Onkologie, Universitätsklinikum Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Schmoll

  • Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    Cornelis J. H. Velde

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer

  • Book Subtitle: Questions and Answers

  • Editors: Vincenzo Valentini, Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Cornelis J. H. Velde

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25005-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25005-7Published: 18 July 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 367

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiology, Pathology

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