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Colorectal Cancer - From Prevention to Patient Care
Edited by Rajunor Ettarh, ISBN 978-953-51-0028-7, Hard cover, 538 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 17, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Oncology
DOI: 10.5772/2443
The projections for future growth in the number of new patients with colorectal cancer in most parts of the world remain unfavorable. When we consider the substantial morbidity and mortality that accompanies the disease, the acute need for improvements and better solutions in patient care becomes evident. This volume, organized in five sections, represents a synopsis of the significant efforts from scientists, clinicians and investigators towards finding improvements in different patient care aspects including nutrition, diagnostic approaches, treatment strategies with the addition of some novel therapeutic approaches, and prevention. For scientists involved in investigations that explore fundamental cellular events in colorectal cancer, this volume provides a framework for translational integration of cell biological and clinical information. Clinicians as well as other healthcare professionals involved in patient management for colorectal cancer will find this volume useful.
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Book contents
- Chapter 1Tumor Engineering: Finding the Brakes
- Chapter 2Colorectal Carcinoma in the Young
- Chapter 3Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer and Population Screening Tests
- Chapter 4Turning Intention Into Behaviour: The Effect of Providing Cues to Action on Participation Rates for Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Chapter 5Psychological Impact and Associated Factors After Disclosure of Genetic Test Results Concerning Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 6Physical Activity, Dietary Fat and Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 7Dietary Anthocyanins: Impact on Colorectal Cancer and Mechanisms of Action
- Chapter 8Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Ulcerative Colitis and Cancer Prevention
- Chapter 9The Molecular Genetic Events in Colorectal Cancer and Diet
- Chapter 10Colorectal Cancer and Alcohol
- Chapter 11Effects of Dietary Counseling on Patients with Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 12Therapeutic Targets in Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 13Anti-EGFR Treatment in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 14Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics of Colorectal Cancer: Moving Towards Personalized Medicine
- Chapter 15Animal Models of Colorectal Cancer in Chemoprevention and Therapeutics Development
- Chapter 16The Stem Cell Environment: Kinetics, Signaling and Markers
- Chapter 17Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 18Peri-Operative Care in Colorectal Surgery in the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 19Follow Up and Recurrence of Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 20Panitumumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 21Resection for Colorectal Liver Metastases
- Chapter 22Experimental Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis
- Chapter 23Risk Factors for Wound Infection After Surgery for Colorectal Cancer: A Matched Case – Control Study
- Chapter 24Modelling and Inference in Screening: Exemplification with the Faecal Occult Blood Test
- Chapter 25Dietary Risks: Folate, Alcohol and Gene Polymorphisms
- Chapter 26The Prognostic Significance of Number of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colon Cancer – Based on Japanese Techniques of Resection and Handling of Resected Specimens
- Chapter 27Minimally Invasive Robot – Assisted Colorectal Resections
