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Provides a clear up-to-date account of the current practices in colorectal cancer diagnosis
Reviews both the practical and psychological aspects of colorectal cancer diagnosis
Provides an excellent example of how many aspects of the chain-of-care need to be considered to achieve an overall improvement in cancer diagnosis.
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book summarizes current knowledge and outlines directions for the future on how to improve the art of diagnosing colorectal cancer with emphasis on timeliness, one of the most vital issues in cancer management. Using a comprehensive, multi-discliplinary approach, it provides an overview of decisive factors in timely diagnosis of colorectal cancer from symptom scores and symptom awareness to technical aspects.
The book starts by discussing early diagnosis from the perspective of patients, including the importance of awareness in the general population as well as psychological aspects. It then goes on to discuss issues of importance to clinicians, such as fast tracking, laboratory testing, improving technical skills and optimizing endoscopy services. In addition, more practical issues such as cost-effectiveness and auditing are also extensively discussed. By focusing on one specific but common form of cancer the content translates well across the scope of other cancer types and can be used by professionals working on different cancer types.
This book provides clinicians, clinical researchers and policymakers with a comprehensive overview of the field of timeliness in diagnosing colorectal cancer. By addressing the challenges posed in the management of symptomatic patients it informs and educates the experts and could help improve diagnosis.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Louise Olsson
About the editor
Associate Professor of Surgery at Karolinska Institutet.
Consultant colorectal surgeon
Clinical conductor of project involvning ctDNA in colorectal cancer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Timely Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
Editors: Louise Olsson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65286-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65285-6Published: 28 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87992-5Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65286-3Published: 08 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 119
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Gastroenterology, Public Health