Thoroughly updated for its Second
Edition, this text provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary coverage
of gastrointestinal cancer, including molecular biology, diagnosis,
medical, surgical, and radiation therapy, and palliative care. The
initial section, Principles of Gastrointestinal Oncology, includes an
expanded radiation oncology chapter, an extensively revised cancer
genetics chapter, and a completely rewritten medical oncology chapter
emphasizing new agents. Subsequent sections focus on esophageal,
gastric, pancreatic, hepatocellular, biliary tree, and colorectal
cancer. Coverage of each anatomic site includes epidemiology,
screening, and prevention; molecular biology and genetics; pathology;
anatomy and staging; and clinical management. The final section on
uncommon cancers includes new chapters on neuroendocrine tumors and
small bowel cancers.