Multidisciplinary management of liver metastases in colorectal cancer : early diagnosis and treatment

"This book focuses on early diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment, which is the key to preventing the occurrence of the liver metastases in colorectal cancer, and to increasing the resection rate of the liver metastasis foci and the 5-year survival after surgery. This book is divided into five parts: the introduction, basics, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It has 20 chapters in total, covering the latest advances in colorectal cancer liver metastases epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular diagnostics, marker screening, imaging technology, surgery, chemotherapy and prevention, etc. It provides professionals with up-to-date and comprehensive information on colorectal liver metastases. This book is relevant for senior surgeons and physicians working in oncology, general surgery, chemotherapy, digestive medicine, liver medicine and hepatic surgery. Editors Xinyu Qin and Jianmin Xu are Professors at the Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Editor Yunshi Zhong is an Associate Professor at the same department."--Prové de l'editor Front Matter....Pages i-vi Present Situation and Prospect of Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 1-16 Diagnosis and Treatment of Liver Metastases....Pages 17-23 Molecular Mechanism of Hepatic Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 25-38 Metastatic Liver Cancer and Microenvironment....Pages 39-57 Screening and Identification of Molecular Marker for Metastatic Liver Cancer....Pages 59-91 Genetic Diagnosis on Hepatic Metastasis from Colorectal Cancer....Pages 93-102 Diagnostic Value of Ultrasound in Metastatic Liver Cancer....Pages 103-112 The Differential Diagnosis of Hepatic Metastasis by CT and MRI....Pages 113-120 Diagnostic Value of PET/CT in Metastatic Liver Cancer....Pages 121-126 Surgical Treatment of Rectal Cancer....Pages 127-147 Laparoscopic Resection for Colorectal Cancer....Pages 149-168 New Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Liver Metastases of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 169-175 Surgical Techniques for Metastatic Hepatic Carcinoma....Pages 177-191 Laparoscopic Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases....Pages 193-197 Surgery for Nonresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer....Pages 199-211 Chemotherapy in Patients with Initially Unresectable Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 213-223 Targeted Therapy of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis....Pages 225-231 Interventional Treatment of Liver Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 233-251 Prevention of Postoperative Liver Metastasis by Preoperative Interventional Chemotherapy in Colorectal Cancer....Pages 253-269 Establishment of Postoperative Follow-Up and Database of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 271-288 "This book focuses on early diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment, which is the key to preventing the occurrence of the liver metastases in colorectal cancer, and to increasing the resection rate of the liver metastasis foci and the 5-year survival after surgery. This book is divided into five parts: the introduction, basics, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. It has 20 chapters in total, covering the latest advances in colorectal cancer liver metastases epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular diagnostics, marker screening, imaging technology, surgery, chemotherapy and prevention, etc. It provides professionals with up-to-date and comprehensive information on colorectal liver metastases. This book is relevant for senior surgeons and physicians working in oncology, general surgery, chemotherapy, digestive medicine, liver medicine and hepatic surgery. Editors Xinyu Qin and Jianmin Xu are Professors at the Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Editor Yunshi Zhong is an Associate Professor at the same department."--Prové de l'editor