Gastrointestinal Oncology

Part 1 General principles in gastrointestinal cancer: gastrointestinal cancer, Philip S. Schein; imaging techniques in the diagnosis and staging of gastrointestinal cancer, Michael C. Hill, et al; general surgical principles in gastrointestinal cancer, Harold J. Wanebo and Peter S. Turk; principles of chemotherapy in gastrointestinal cancer, James D. Ahlgren; principles of radiotherapy in gastrointestinal cancer, K. William Harter; the role of tumour markers in the management of gastrointestinal malignancies, Karen A. Johnson and Paul V. Wooley. Part 2 Oesophageal cancer: oesophageal cancer - epidemiology and pathology, Thomas R. Klumpp and John S. Macdonald; oesophageal cancer - detection and staging, Michael C. Hill, et al; oesophageal cancer - surgical approach, Mario N. Gomes; oesophageal cancer - management with radiation, K. William Harter; oesophageal cancer - chemotherapy and combined modalities, James D. Ahlgren. Part 3 Gastric cancer: gastric cancer - epidiemiology, pathology, detection, and staging, John S. Macdonald, et al; gastric cancer - surgical approach, Michael P. Vezeridis and Harold J. Wanebo; gastric cancer - chemotherapy of advanced diseases, Kathleen A. Havlin and John S. Macdonald; gastric cancer - radiotherapy and approaches to locally unresectable or recurrent disease, Michel Caudry; gastric cancer - approaches to adjuvant therapy, Philip S. Schein. Part 4 Pancreatic cancer: pancreatic cancer - patterns, diagnosis, and approaches to treatment, James D. Ahlgren, et al; pancreatic cancer - surgical approach, Harold J. Wanebo and R. James Koness; pancreatic cancer - radiotherapeutic approaches, K. William Harter; pancreatic cancer - chemotherapy of advanced diseases, James D. Ahlgren. Part 5 Colorectal cancer: colorectal cancer - epidemiology, risks, and prevention, Oliver Alabaster; endoscopic diagnosis and management of colorectal polyps, Norman H. Gilinsky; colorectal cancer - diagnosis and staging, Robert S. Siegel, et al; colorectal cancer - surgical approach, Lee E. Smith; colorectal cancer - chemotherapy, James D. Ahlgren; radiation therapy in the treatment of colorectal cancer, Robert A. Rostock and Andrej J. Zajac, et al; adjuvant therapy of colon and rectal cancer, John S. Macdonald and Rita Axelrod. Part contents.