Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer [recurso electrónico] : Staging - Treatment - Pathology - Palliation

This Book Is Intended As The Equivalent Of The Swiss Army Knife For All Members Of Colorectal Cancer (crc) Multidisciplinary Teams And Those Training In The Fields Of Crc Management. It Describes How To Organize The Team And Explains The Basic Principles Within The Different Disciplines Involved In The Treatment And Care Of Crc Patients. Important, Up-to-date Knowledge Is Provided On Visualization Techniques, Surgery, Oncological Treatment, Palliation, And Pathology, With Special Focus On Controversies And Aspects Of Interest To All Team Members. Care Has Been Taken To Ensure That Each Specialty-specific Chapter Will Be Approachable For Team Members From Other Specialties Or Professions, Thereby Facilitating An Effective Interdisciplinary Approach To Teamwork. The Authors Include Leading European Doctors And Scientists Who Have Influenced The Development Of The Multidisciplinary Team Concept As Well As Other Aspects Of High-quality, Individualized Treatment Of Crc Patients. Multidisciplinary Treatment Of Colorectal Cancer: Organizing The Team -- Multidisciplinary Treatment -- Influence On Outcome. Surgery: Introduction To Surgery -- Surgical Anatomy Of The Rectum And The Tem Specimen -- Low Risk Early Rectal Cancer -- High-risk Early Rectal Cancer -- The Total Mesorectal Excision -- Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer And Recurrence -- Reconstruction After Neoadjuvant Treatment And Apr. Oncology: Introduction To Oncology -- Chemotherapy For Colon And Rectum Cancer -- Radiotherapy And Radio-chemotherapy For Rectal Cancer -- Side Effects From Adjuvant And Neoadjuvant Treatment -- What Should We Do With Complete Responders. Imaging And Staging: Introduction To Imaging And Staging -- Mri And Ct For Preoperative T And N Staging Of Rectal Cancer -- Transanal Ultrasonography For Rectal Tumours. Pathology: Introduction To Pathology -- Early Colorectal Cancer -- Quality Of Surgery -- Reporting On Surgical Specimen -- Pathological Staging Of Colorectal Cancer. The Palliative Team: Introduction To Palliation -- Surgical Treatment In Palliative Care -- Nausea. Recommendations: Patient Related Factors -- Patient's Preference -- Allocation To Local Treatment Of Rectal Cancer. Gunnar Baatrup, Editor ; Co-editors, Regina G.h. Beets-tan, Hartwig Kørner, Iris D. Nagtegall, Per Peiffer, Lars Påhlman. Includes Bibliographical References. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Organizing the Multidisciplinary Team....Pages 3-9 Multidisciplinary Treatment: Influence on Outcomes....Pages 11-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Introduction to Surgery....Pages 25-31 Surgical Anatomy of the Rectum and the TME Specimen (Total Mesorectal Excision)....Pages 33-46 Low-Risk Early Rectal Cancer....Pages 47-53 ‘High-Risk’ Early Rectal Cancers and (Neo)Adjuvant Therapy for Advanced Carcinomas in Addition to TEM Surgery....Pages 55-61 Hartmann’s Resection....Pages 63-72 Low Anterior Rectal Resection....Pages 73-82 Abdominoperineal Resection of the Rectum (Miles Resection)....Pages 83-90 Locally Advanced and Recurrent Cancer....Pages 91-98 Reconstructions After Neoadjuvant and Abdominoperineal Resection....Pages 99-104 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Introduction to Oncology....Pages 107-108 Systemic Therapy for Patients with Colorectal Cancer: State of the Art....Pages 109-132 Radiotherapy and Chemoradiation for Rectal Cancer: State of the Art in Europe, the USA and Asia....Pages 133-146 Short- and Long-Term Side Effects from Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment of Rectal Cancer....Pages 147-153 Chemo-Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced T3/T4 Rectal Cancer: What Should We Do with Complete Responders?....Pages 155-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-169 Introduction: Preoperative Staging by Imaging....Pages 171-175 MRI and CT for the Preoperative T and N Staging of Rectal Cancer....Pages 177-193 Endorectal Ultrasonography of Rectal Tumours....Pages 195-206 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Introduction to the Pathology of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 209-210 Front Matter....Pages 207-207 Early Colorectal Cancer....Pages 211-225 Quality of Surgery....Pages 227-242 Staging of Colorectal Cancer (Including Staging After Neoadjuvant Therapy)....Pages 243-249 Front Matter....Pages 251-251 Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer: The Palliative Team Introduction....Pages 253-256 Surgical Treatment in Palliative Care....Pages 257-268 Nausea....Pages 269-273 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 Individualised Treatment....Pages 277-283 Local Treatment of Rectal Cancer....Pages 285-289