Colorectal cancer: from primary care, to specialty & nuclear medicine

World Health Organisation estimates the global prevalence of cancer at 14 million cases, with an incidence of 10 million and 6.2 million deaths. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and its incidence increases with increasing industrialization and development of the country. In Europe about 250,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. Colorectal cancer requires a multidisciplinary approach with specialized research teams and optimizing knowledge and technology developments ranging from the primary health care to digestive and nuclear medicine.

About the author

FJ García Gómez is specialist in Nuclear Medicine in Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena (Seville, Spain). L Araque de los Riscos is specialist in Family and Community Medicine in Distrito Sanitario de Málaga y Valle del Guadalhorce (Málaga, Spain). RM Gálvez Fernández is specialist in Digestive System in EPH Costa del Sol (Marbella, Spain).

Product details

• Authors: Araque de los Risco, Laura Araque de los Riscos, Roque Miguel Gálvez Fernández, Francisco Javie García Gómez, Francisco Javier García Gómez
• Publisher: Scholar's Press
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2016
• EAN: 9783659843488
• ISBN: 978-3-659-84348-8
• No. of pages: 72
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 113 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine