- Up-to-date volume that includes new treatment methods
- A focus on regional management and treatment records
- Data included to show effectiveness of new treatments
This book is a comprehensive guide to rectal cancer care that will provide general and colorectal surgeons details regarding the latest developments in the field.
The book aims to cover the dynamic shifts in rectal cancer care that have taken place over recent years. Management approaches, such as watch-and-wait and transanal approaches, are evaluated and assessed by experienced physicians to give readers a full understanding of the available treatment options. Chapter summaries are included to give a clinical overview of each approach and to assist the understanding of each topic covered, and make the book applicable to both general surgeons and specialist practice nurses, as well as rectal cancer specialists.
Table of Contents- The Epidemiology of Rectal Cancer
- Endorectal Ultrasound
- The Role of MRI in Assessment of Rectal Cancers
- Role of FDG PET-CT in Colorectal Cancer
- Pathology of Rectal Cancer and Predictors of Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy
- An Overview of the Tailored Surgical Approach to Rectal Cancer
- Total Mesorectal Excision: Embryology, Anatomy, Technique and Outcomes
- The Impact of Minimally Invasive Technology in Rectal Cancer
- Local Excision: Indications and Techniques
- Reverse TME: The “Bottom-UP” Approach to Low Rectal Cancer
- Watch and Wait in Rectal Cancer Patients with Clinical Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy: The American Viewpoint
- The Watch and Wait Approach After Neoadjuvant Therapy: The Australian Viewpoint
- Intersphincteric Resection: Indications and Outcom
- The Changing Face of Abdominoperineal Excision
- Neorectal Reservoir Construction: Techniques and Outcomes
- Multivisceral Resection: Technical Considerations
- The Role of Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer Surgery
- The Surgeon’s Perspective on Radiation Therapy
- The Swedish Approach
- The Swedish Approach Towards Radiotherapy and Rectal Cancer: Making Sense of Where They Have Been and Where They Are Going
- Radiation Therapy: The North American Approach
- Chemotherapy and Biologic Therapy in Rectal Cancer: An Update
- Resection of the Rectal Primary Tumor in the Setting of Metastatic Disease
- Modern Management of Hepatic Metastatic Disease
- Managing Non-Hepatic Metastatic Sites: Lung and CNS
- Cytoreductive Surgery Plus Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Rectal Cancer
- The Management of Recurrent Rectal Cancer: A European Perspective
- The Management of Recurrent Rectal Cancer: A North American Perspective
- The Management of Recurrent Rectal Cancer: An Australasian Perspective
- Managing Uncommon Rectal Tumors
- Rectal Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life
- The Economics of Rectal Cancer Care: Considerations in Interpretation of the Literature
