Overview
- Latest information regarding new tests available
- Complete guide to colorectal cancer screening
- Encompasses the entire spectrum of the topic
- For the subspecialist and primary care physician
- Guidelines for increasing patient participation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Clinical Gastroenterology (CG)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Colorectal Cancer Screening provides a complete overview of colorectal cancer screening, from epidemiology and molecular abnormalities, to the latest screening techniques such as stool DNA and FIT, Computerized Tomography (CT) Colonography, High Definition Colonoscopes and Narrow Band Imaging. As the text is devoted entirely to CRC screening, it features many facts, principles, guidelines and figures related to screening in an easy access format. This volume provides a complete guide to colorectal cancer screening which will be informative to the subspecialist as well as the primary care practitioner. It represents the only text that provides this up to date information about a subject that is continually changing. For the primary practitioner, information on the guidelines for screening as well as increasing patient participation is presentedd. For the subspecialist, information regarding the latest imaging techniques as well as flat adenomas and chromoendoscopy are covered. The section on the molecular changes in CRC will appeal to both groups. The text includes up to date information about colorectal screening that encompasses the entire spectrum of the topic and features photographs of polyps as well as diagrams of the morphology of polyps as well as photographs of CT colonography images. Algorithms are presented for all the suggested guidelines.
Chapters are devoted to patient participation in screening and risk factors as well as new imaging technology. This useful volume explains the rationale behind screening for CRC. In addition, it covers the different screening options as well as the performance characteristics, when available in the literature, for each test. This volume will be used by the sub specialists who perform screening tests as well as primary care practitioners who refer patients to be screened for colorectal cancer.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Colorectal Cancer Screening
Editors: Joseph Anderson, MD, Charles Kahi, MD
Series Title: Clinical Gastroenterology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-398-5
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-397-8Published: 20 May 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-62703-877-5Published: 01 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-398-5Published: 23 April 2011
Series ISSN: 2197-7399
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7704
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 205
Topics: Gastroenterology, Colorectal Surgery, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine