Author | Ponz de Leon, Maurizio. author |
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Title | Colorectal Cancer [electronic resource] / by Maurizio Ponz de Leon |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56008-8 |
Descript | XV, 303 p. online resource |
1 The Causes of Colorectal Cancer -- Descriptive Epidemiology and Temporal Trends -- The Environment and Colorectal Cancer -- Colorectal Polyps and the Adenoma-Carcinoma Sequence -- Familial and Hereditary Factors -- Gene-Environment Interactions -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer -- Main Causes of Colorectal Cancer -- Pathogenesis of Colorectal Cancer: Different Molecular Pathways for One Disease -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Pathology of Colorectal Cancer -- The Colorectal Mucosa -- Aberrant Crypts -- Adenomatous Polyps -- Other Types of Polyps -- Colorectal Carcinoma -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Diagnosis and Clinical Features of Colorectal Cancer -- Clinical Findings: Symptoms and Signs -- Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer: Old Methods and Recent Imaging Techniques -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance -- Colorectal Cancer Screening in the General Population -- New Screening Procedures Based on Molecular Analysis -- Screening in Individuals with Familial Colorectal Cancer -- Surveillance After Endoscopic Polypectomy -- Surveillance After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer -- Surveillance in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Surveillance in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes -- Conclusion: Media, Society and Colorectal Cancer Screening -- References -- 6 Prevention and Chemoprevention of Colorectal Neoplasms -- Can We Prevent Colorectal Cancer with an Appropriate Diet? -- Can We Prevent Colorectal Cancer by Modifying Our Lifestyle? -- Secondary Prevention: Is the Removal of Adenomas Effective? -- Colorectal Cancer Prevention Under Special Conditions -- Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 Treatment of Colorectal Cancer -- Staging Colorectal Neoplasms -- Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Tumors -- Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Tumors -- Innovative Treatments for Colorectal Cancer -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Survival and Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer -- Factors Influencing Colorectal Cancer Survival -- Temporal Trends and Ethnic Differences in Colorectal Cancer Survival -- Follow-up of Colorectal Cancer Patients -- Conclusions -- References -- 9 Cancer of the Anal Canal -- Epidemiology of Anal Cancer -- Clinical Features and Pathology -- Treatment of Cancer of the Anus -- Conclusions -- References -- 10 Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome) -- Brief History of HNPCC -- Epidemiology and Frequency of Lynch Syndrome -- Formal Genetics and the Role of Family History -- Clinical Features of HNPCC -- Pathology of HNPCC -- Molecular Biology of HNPCC -- Diagnosis of HNPCC -- Genetic Counseling in HNPCC -- Management and Survival -- Conclusions -- References -- 11 Familial Adenomatous Polyposis -- Definition and Historical Overview -- Epidemiology and Formal Genetics -- Diagnosis, Clinical Features and Morphology -- Molecular Biology of FAP -- Management of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 Other Polyposis of the Large Bowel -- Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome -- Juvenile Polyposis -- Cowdenโs Disease -- Turcot Syndrome -- Muir-Torre Syndrome and Other Rare Polyposis -- Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome -- Conclusions -- References -- 13 Carcinoid Tumors of the Large Bowel -- Brief History -- Biology and Pathology of CT -- Clinical Features of Colorectal CT -- Diagnosis and Treatment of CT of the Large Bowel -- Conclusions -- References -- 14 Colorectal Cancer at the Beginning of the New Millennium -- The Colorectal Cancer Epidemic -- Gene-Environment Interaction -- Dealing with Colorectal Cancer Patients in the โMolecular Eraโ -- References