Intestinal Polyps and Polyposis
As endoscopy and bowel cancer screening programs rapidly expand, doctors more often contend with the entity of large intestine polyps. This book covers the latest on intestinal polyps and polyposis, from the genetics and detection to treatment and follow up.
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Complete description
Nowadays, we are dealing more frequently with the entity of large intestine polyps, as endoscopy and bowel cancer screening programmes are rapidly expanding. Often a single polyp is involved, but more complex situations are also encountered, including the well-defined pattern of polyposis. These situations can fall into a gray area, not only for diagnosis, but also for the correct treatment and follow-up. New developments in pathophysiology and treatment options are leading to new questions. This handbook aims to offer a integrated approach for all physicians (doctors) who deal with these issues, by presenting up-to-date discussion from genetics through treatment, to implications of genetic counseling. It will also help specialists to offer more "evidence-based" treatments, by implementing the best clinical individual judgement informed by the best current scientific evidence.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Springer Verlag
Edition details
2009
City:
Milan
Pages:
260
More info:
height 260 mm
width 193 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 616.994347
Departments:
Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery; Gastroenterology; Surgical oncology; Pathology;
Record updated at:
08 March, 2013
time:
05:52
Summary
Intestinal Polyps and Polyposis
1 The Impact of Bowel Cancer Screening: Are We Going to Observe a Different Disease?- 2 Pathological Features of Sporadic Colonic Adenoma.- 3 Serrated Neoplasia Pathway.- 4 Genetic and Clinical Features of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and Attenuated FAP.- 5 Not Only FAP. Other Rare Polyposis Syndromes.- 6 Diet, Polyps, and Cancer: Where is the Truth?.- 7 Chemoprevention of Colonic Cancer. Is There a Foreseeable Future?.- 8 The Role of Imaging in Colonic Polyps and Polyposis.- 9 Rectal Polyps and Early Rectal Cancer. Assessment by Three-Dimensional.- Endorectal Ultrasonography.- 10 What is What? Clinical Vignettes of Multiple Polyps.- 11 Diagnosis and treatment of upper GI polyps in polyposis.- 12 Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for Polyps and Polyposis.- 13 Management and Treatment of Complications in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Endoscopy.- 14 Follow-up After Endoscopic Polypectomy.- 15 Surgical Options for FAP.- 16 Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis. The Role of Laparoscopy - An Overview.- 17 Rectal Polyps after Ileorectal Anastomosis. What is the Future.- 18 Anorectal Polyps and Polypoid Lesions.- 19 Polypectomy of Anorectal Polyps and Polypoid Lesions. Why, When, and How?.- 20 Quality of Life and FAP Patients.- 21 Psychological and Medico-legal Aspects of Genetic Counseling in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.- 22 The Role of a Registry in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP).- 23 Coping With FAP. The Role Of Patients' Associations. Subject Index
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