ABC of Colorectal Cancer (eBook)

Annie Young, Professor of Nursing, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry Richard Hobbs, Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Sciences, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford David Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine, Nuffield Dept of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 The Patient Perspective 1
Kevin Bond

2 Epidemiology and Prevention 4
Peter Boyle, Patrick Mullie, Maria Paula Curado and David Zaridze

3 Pathways of Carcinogenesis 8
Michael Christie and Oliver Sieber

4 Clinical Genetics in the Management of Colon Cancer 13
Kai Ren Ong, Vicky Bowyer and Trevor Cole

5 Screening for Colorectal Cancer 19
Julietta Patnick and Wendy S. Atkin

6 Decision Support Networks 22
Matthew Kelly, Mark Austin and Sir Michael Brady

7 Pathology of Colorectal Cancer 26
Mohammad Ilyas

8 Imaging of Colorectal Cancer 31
Andrew Slater

9 The Role of Primary Care 36
Sue Wilson and Richard Hobbs

10 Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer 40
Andrew Weaver

11 Surgical Interventions 44
Shazad Ashraf and Neil Mortensen

12 Adjuvant Therapy 48
Zenia Saridaki-Zoras and David Kerr

13 Treatment of Advanced Disease 52
David Watkins and David Cunningham

14 Innovative Treatment for Colorectal Cancer 58
Joanne L. Brady and David Kerr

15 Supportive Care for Patients with Colorectal Cancer 63
Pauline McCulloch and Annie Young

16 Follow-up 69
John Primrose

Index 74

"This short clinical review book of CRC strikes an
excellent balance being both concise but with thorough and
up-to-date coverage of the subject matter. The chapters based
on their size, layout, and supporting figures are very approachable
and I would suspect the book to be very useful to its intended
audience of general practitioners and physicians in training. The
text would seem to be most useful to those practicing clinical
medicine, but could also serve as supplemental reading for those
preparing for board-type examinations."
(Gastroenterology, 1 August 2012)

"The information in the ABC of Colorectal Cancer is very
well presented and the coverage is more than a GP would need in
clinical practice." (Australian Family
Physician, 4 April 2012)