Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

Section I Biological Organization of Gastrointestinal Mucosa.- 1 Proliferation and Differentiation of Gastrointestinal Cells in Health and Disease.- 2 T- and B-Cell Populations in Gut and Gut-Associated Lymphoid Organs: Arrangement, Migration, and Function.- Section IIA Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Immune Mechanisms.- 3 Immunodeficiency Diseases and Malignancy.- 4 Recognitive Immunity in Colon Cancer.- 5 Immunological Dysfunction with Atrophic Gastritis and Gastric Malignancy.- 6 The Digestive Form of a-Chain Disease.- Section IIB Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Environmental and Hereditary Factors.- 7 Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer.- 8 Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer.- 9 Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer.- 10 Heredity and Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer.- 11 Familial Polyposis Coli.- 12 Defining the Precursor Tissue of Ordinary Large Bowel Carcinoma: Implications for Cancer Prevention.- Section III Use of Experimental Models.- 13 Experimental Stomach Carcinogenesis.- 14 Experimental Colon Carcinogenesis.- 15 Mathematical Models of Carcinogenesis and Tumor Growth in an Experimental Rat Colon Adenocarcinoma.- 16 Development of Model Colorectal Cancer Systems for Pharmacological Research.- 17 Use of Experimental Models in the Study of Approaches to Treatment of Colorectal Cancer.- Section IV Future Directions in Early Detection and Diagnosis.- 18 Early Diagnosis and Detection of Colorectal Cancer in High-Risk Population Groups.- 19 Logic and Logistics of Monitoring Large Bowel Cancer.- 20 Enzymes of Normal and Malignant Intestine.- 21 Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Risk Factors and Prospects for Early Detection.- 22 Cytopathology of Human Gastrointestinal Cancers.- 23 The Skin and Gastrointestinal Malignancy.- Section V Future Directions in Therapy.- 24 Early and Definitive Surgical Therapy for Colonic and Rectal Cancer.- 25 Chemotherapy of Colorectal Cancer: A Critical Analysis of Response Criteria and Therapeutic Efficacy.- 26 Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer.