Editors:
- Examines in detail important aspects of the current status and future prospects for chemoprevention of colorectal tumors
- Discusses the latest data from drug trials and their implications
- Adopts a holistic perspective
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research (RECENTCANCER, volume 191)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
The prevention of colorectal cancer is a subject of increasing medical importance, and there have been a number of promising recent developments. This book examines in detail important aspects of the current status and future prospects for chemoprevention of colorectal tumors. Research into the mechanisms that lead from early colorectal adenoma to colorectal cancer is discussed. The role and modes of action of available drugs such as celecoxib and sulindac are described, and recent data from aspirin trials are analyzed. In addition, the possible impact of nutritional agents with anti-inflammatory properties is considered, and strategies applicable in those with a high level of genetic risk are evaluated. An important feature of the book is its holistic perspective, making it relevant for gastroenterologists, internists, general practitioners, oncologists, colorectal and gastroenterological surgeons, and public health practitioners.
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“Part of the Recent Results in Cancer Research series, this multiauthored book examines the emerging role of anti-inflammatory drugs as chemoprevention for colorectal neoplasia. … The authors wish to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on CRC chemoprevention. … As such, the book will appeal more to basic science researchers in this area.” (Willem J. de Villiers, Doody’s Review Service, November, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Andrew T. Chan
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BSP-GD-GMA-CVRM, Berlin, S101, 09, 140, Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany
Elmar Detering
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prospects for Chemoprevention of Colorectal Neoplasia
Book Subtitle: Emerging Role of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Editors: Andrew T. Chan, Elmar Detering
Series Title: Recent Results in Cancer Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30331-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-30330-2Published: 15 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43447-1Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-30331-9Published: 15 August 2012
Series ISSN: 0080-0015
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6767
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 184
Topics: Oncology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Colorectal Surgery