Rectal cancer : modern approaches to treatment

"Rectal Cancer: Modern Approaches to Treatment provides a useful overview of the multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer with a deeper dive into clinical challenges faced by treating physicians. Written by the leading experts in the field, it provides a practical management guide with an emphasis on the state-of-the-art that will be of value to both novices and experts engaged in rectal cancer treatment." -- Prové de l'editor Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Rectal Anatomy: Clinical Perspective (Slawomir Marecik, John Park, Leela M. Prasad)....Pages 1-23 Endorectal Ultrasound (Victoria Valinluck Lao, Alessandro Fichera)....Pages 25-35 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rectum (Gina Brown)....Pages 37-50 Local Excision: Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery and Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (Heather Carmichael, Patricia Sylla)....Pages 51-79 Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer (Prajnan Das, Bruce D. Minsky)....Pages 81-98 Preoperative and Postoperative Chemotherapy for Rectal Cancer (Katherine Van Loon, Alan P. Venook)....Pages 99-108 Total Mesorectal Excision (Abhi Sharma, John Monson)....Pages 109-121 Abdominoperineal Excision (Aaron U. Blackham, Julian Sanchez, David Shibata)....Pages 123-146 Laparoscopic Rectal Surgery (David W. Larson)....Pages 147-163 Robotic Rectal Resection (Sunil Patel, Martin R. Weiser)....Pages 165-176 Combined Transanal/Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision (Antonio M. Lacy, Marta Jiménez Toscana)....Pages 177-189 Intersphincteric Resection and Coloanal Reconstruction (Nam Kyu Kim, Young Wan Kim, Min Soo Cho)....Pages 191-211 Management of Lateral Pelvic Lymph Nodes (Toshiaki Watanabe, Soichiro Ishihara)....Pages 213-230 Evaluation of Treatment of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer (Tarik Sammour, John M. Skibber)....Pages 231-245 Reconstruction of the Pelvis and Perineum (Nicholas Calotta, Justin M. Sacks)....Pages 247-256 Optimizing Primary Tumor Management in Stage IV Rectal Cancer (Jane Y. C. Hui, Elin R. Sigurdson)....Pages 257-268 Histopathologic Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Treatment Response and Tumor Regression Grade (Dipen Maru)....Pages 269-276 Maximizing Neoadjuvant Treatment Response and Watch and Wait (Oliver S. Chow, Julio Garcia-Aguilar)....Pages 277-293 Molecular Markers and Mutational Analysis (Callisia N. Clarke, E. Scott Kopetz)....Pages 295-312 Quality of Life After Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer (Imran Hassan, Y. Nancy You)....Pages 313-334 Complications After Rectal Cancer Surgery (Cindy Kin, Amy Lightner, Mark Welton)....Pages 335-354 Palliative and End-of-Life Treatment (Robert S. Krouse, Felipe A. Maegawa)....Pages 355-365 Back Matter ....Pages 367-375