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Digestive System Malignancies provides an up-to-date overview on the most relevant diagnostic techniques, staging of malignancies, and current therapeutic modalities for digestive system malignancies. With coverage from esophageal, gastric and pancreatic cancers, to colon, anal and peritoneal surface, this reference offers a wide-ranging guide to malignancies throughout the digestive system. The use of engaging infographics provides an "at-a-glace" perspective on the subject, allowing users to retain a large amount of information without scrolling through large text or complex algorithms. This is an important reference for clinicians, surgeons, medical students and scientists that need a quick reference on digestive system malignancies.
List of contents
1. Esophageal Cancer
2. Gastric Cancer
3. Gastrointestinal Lymphoma
4. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
5. Neuroendocrine Tumors
6. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
7. Pancreatic Exocrine Tumors
8. Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma
10. Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma
11. Hilar and Distal Bile Duct Cancer
12. Gallbladder Cancer
13. Appendiceal neoplasms
14. Colon cancer
15. Rectal Cancer
16. Anal Cancer
17. Peritoneal Surface Malignancy
18. Inflammation, Infection and Digestive System Malignancies
19. The Immune System and Malignancies of the Digestive Tract
About the author
Constantine P. Spanos is a Professor of Surgery at the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He obtained his MD from the Aristotle University School of Medicine in 1992. After an internship year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he trained in General Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently pursued fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the American College of Thessaloniki. He is currently certified (and recertified) by both the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
