Overview
- Describes the modern multimodal treatment of locally recurrent colorectal cancer
- Offers the reader a complete overview of the different therapeutic options
- Pays detailed attention to reconstructive techniques after major exenterative surgery
Part of the book series: Updates in Surgery (UPDATESSURG)
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Reviews
“Providing a good systematic approach to any patient with recurrent pelvic colorectal malignancy, this book discusses diagnostic, surgical, and medical approaches. … The audience includes surgical oncologists, colon and rectal surgeons, oncologic urologists, medical and radiation oncologists with a special interest in treating recurrent pelvic colorectal cancers, or advanced trainees in one of these fields. … This is the most complete book dedicated to this very specialized topic.” (Irena Gribovskaja-Rupp, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Giovanni Maria Romano is Chief Department of Abdominal Oncology and Consultant surgeon at the National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy. He's Professor of surgery at the post-graduate School of surgery of the University Federico II and at the SUN University of Naples, Italy. Tutor in Surgical Training at the Moscati Teaching hospital in Avellino, Italy. He's also coordinator of local training workshops for the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery all over Italy and Professor of surgery at the University of Rome in the current Master of 2th level in colorectal surgery. He is currently Past President of the European Society of Colon Proctology (ESCP),Past President of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery and an active member of several national and international Scientific Societies. He has been recently nominated Visiting Professor at the University of Lodz in Polland. Author of more than 300 scientific publications (90 papers in international peer reviewed journals). Referee for Techniques in Coloproctology and Colorectal Disease. Member of the Editorial Board of Techniques in Coloproctology and Rivista Italiana di Coloproctologia. From 2013 he is member of the Editorial Board of Colorectal Disease.
Prof. Romano's main scientific interests have included kidney and liver transplantation, neoplastic, inflammatory and functional diseases of the colon rectum and anus.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multimodal Treatment of Recurrent Pelvic Colorectal Cancer
Editors: Giovanni Maria Romano
Series Title: Updates in Surgery
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5767-8
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5766-1Published: 16 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-3974-2Published: 27 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-5767-8Published: 24 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2280-9848
Series E-ISSN: 2281-0854
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 186
Topics: Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy