Gastrointestinal oncology

Brings together a diverse group of specialists to provide the most authoritative, up-to-date and encyclopedic volume currently available on the subject. The first part of this text introduces a series of concepts and topics that are important to gastrointestinal malignancies in general. These topics include epidemiologic principles, prevention, screening, familial GI cancers, developmental and molecular biology, pathobiology, general therapeutic principles, emerging therapies, and palliative care. The second part of the book covers each of the specific cancers affecting the human gastrointestinal tract. These chapters are introduced by state of the art discussions outlining our current understanding of the pathobiology and molecular biology relevant to each cancer.

Contents -- Contributors -- PART I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- 1. Epidemiological Principles for the Study of Gastrointestinal Cancers -- 2. Prevention and Screening Principles Relevant to Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- 3. The Role of Inheritance in the Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies -- 4. Developmental Biology of the Gastrointestinal Tract -- 5. General Pathobiological Features of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia -- 6. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Surgery

7. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Radiation Oncology8. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Chemotherapy -- 9. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Emerging Therapies: Vaccines -- 10. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Emerging Therapies: Gene Therapy -- 11. Therapeutic Principles of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia: Emerging Therapies: Antiangiogenic and Antimetastatic Agents -- PART II: MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC NEOPLASMS -- 1. Cancer of the Esophagus

12. Epidemiology and Molecular Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer13. Molecular Biology of Esophageal Cancer -- 14. Pathology and Natural History of Esophageal Cancer -- …