Rectal Cancer: New Frontiers in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation (Hardcover)

Cap.1 Rectal cancer epidemiology and burden of disease.- Cap. 2 Imaging.- Cap. 3 Preoperative staging: endorectal ultrasound.- Cap. 4 Predictive markers in physiology and anatomy for outcomes in rectal cancer patient.- Cap. 5 Rectal cancer: pathological feature and their relationship to treatment and prognosis.- Cap. 6 TME: how to interpret the favourable results?.- Cap. 7 Lateral pelvic lymph nodes dissection for rectal cancer: an overview.- Cap. 8 Controversial issues in rectal cancer surgery.- Cap. 9 Rectal cancer and quality of life.- Cap. 10 Probiotic and intestinal preparation.- Cap. 11 Indication to local excision in rectal cancer surgery.- Cap. 12 Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery.- Cap. 13 Low anterior resection.- Cap. 14 Actuality of colo-anal procedure.- Cap. 15 Role of colonic reservoir in rectal cancer surgery.- Cap. 16 Functional results of sphincter-preserving operations for rectal cancer.- Cap. 17 Perineal abdominal resection.- Cap. 18 Robotic and laparoscopic surgery for treatment of rectal cancer.- Cap. 19 Rehabilitation after rectal cancer surgery.- Cap. 20 Total anorectal reconstruction with the artificial bowel sphincter.- Cap. 21 Total anorectal reconstruction with dynamic graciloplasty.- Cap. 22 Salvage surgery after recurrence.- Cap. 23 IBD and rectal cancer.- Cap. 24 Multimodality therapy of rectal cancer.- Cap. 25 Adjuvant and postoperative chemotherapy in rectal cancer.- Cap. 26 Modern aspects of radiation oncology for rectal cancer.- Cap. 27 Liver metastases.- Cap. 28 Chemotherapy for metastatic rectal cancer.