ABC of Colorectal Cancer

This short clinical review book of CRC strikes an excellent balance being both concise but with thorough and up-to-date coverage of the subject matter. The chapters based on their size, layout, and supporting figures are very approachable and I would suspect the book to be very useful to its intended audience of general practitioners and physicians in training. The text would seem to be most useful to those practicing clinical medicine, but could also serve as supplemental reading for those preparing for board-type examinations. (Gastroenterology, 1 August 2012) The information in the ABC of Colorectal Cancer is very well presented and the coverage is more than a GP would need in clinical practice. (Australian Family Physician, 4 April 2012)

Annie Young, Professor of Nursing, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry Richard Hobbs, Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Sciences, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford David Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine, Nuffield Dept of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford

Contributors vii Preface ix 1 The Patient Perspective 1 Kevin Bond 2 Epidemiology and Prevention 4 Peter Boyle, Patrick Mullie, Maria Paula Curado and David Zaridze 3 Pathways of Carcinogenesis 8 Michael Christie and Oliver Sieber 4 Clinical Genetics in the Management of Colon Cancer 13 Kai Ren Ong, Vicky Bowyer and Trevor Cole 5 Screening for Colorectal Cancer 19 Julietta Patnick and Wendy S. Atkin 6 Decision Support Networks 22 Matthew Kelly, Mark Austin and Sir Michael Brady 7 Pathology of Colorectal Cancer 26 Mohammad Ilyas 8 Imaging of Colorectal Cancer 31 Andrew Slater 9 The Role of Primary Care 36 Sue Wilson and Richard Hobbs 10 Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer 40 Andrew Weaver 11 Surgical Interventions 44 Shazad Ashraf and Neil Mortensen 12 Adjuvant Therapy 48 Zenia Saridaki-Zoras and David Kerr 13 Treatment of Advanced Disease 52 David Watkins and David Cunningham 14 Innovative Treatment for Colorectal Cancer 58 Joanne L. Brady and David Kerr 15 Supportive Care for Patients with Colorectal Cancer 63 Pauline McCulloch and Annie Young 16 Follow-up 69 John Primrose Index 74