Colorectal Cancer covers new pharmaceutical developments, current screening protocols, and modern methods of disease management by specialists.

Features:

• Reviews specific molecular, biochemical, genetic, and lifestyle factors that impact colorectal cancer and its therapy
• Collects new insights into the mechanisms of colorectal cancer, prompting the development of more effective prevention and treatment strategies
• Focuses on the latest studies devoted to treatment, predictive markers, metastatic spread, epidemiology, emerging screening technologies, adjuvant therapy, and the development of new drugs for late-stage colorectal cancer patients
• Analyzes non-invasive screening procedures for colorectal cancer

Contents

1. Genetic Susceptibility to Colorectal Cancer
2. Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer
3. Colorectal Cancer Screening
4. Pathology
5. Familial Cancer Management
6. The Surgical Principles of Managing Colorectal Cancer
7. Adjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Cancer
8. The Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
9. Hepatic Directed Therapy
10. Pharmacogenomics of Colorectal Cancer
11. Drug Development for Advanced Colorectal Cancer in the U.S.

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