Gastrointestinal Cancers A Companion to Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease

The newest title in the Sleisenger and Fordtran family provides the field with comprehensive and practical coverage of all gastrointestinal cancers from significant advances in understanding to its clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment. A multidisciplinary team of experts explores all of the significant new advances in our understanding of cancer and details the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of each type. Written by a multi-disciplinary team to reflect current practice throughout the field. Discusses screening and epidemiology for cancers. Examines future directions and key developments at the end of each chapter. Features a full-color plate section that presents cancers as they are seen in practice. Includes cross-references at the beginning of each chapter to show how subjects are related. Explores the underlying molecular mechanisms and genetic markers for GI cancers. Details all of today's imaging techniques.