Jankowski / Sampliner / Kerr Gastrointestinal Oncology

A Critical Multidisciplinary Team Approach
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0015-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 752 Seiten, E-Book

Gastrointestinal Oncology: A Critical Multidisciplinary TeamApproach is the first evidence-based reference text designedfor the multidisciplinary team of medical professionals involved inthe investigation, diagnosis, and management of patients withgastrointestinal cancer. Written and edited by leadinginternational experts in the field it sets the standard in clinicalpractice for dealing with esophageal, gastric, intestinal, colonic,hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and other GI tumors.
The book is divided into twenty-five clinical chapters eachaddressing the specific cancers affecting the gastrointestinaltract. Each chapter is written by a team of authors, with eachcontributor specially chosen to represent a different role in theMDT. This multidisciplinary team approach reflects the current careof GI cancer patients and enables clinical decision making andpatient management. All the chapters have been tried and tested inMDT meetings in leading cancer centers around the world.
Gastrointestinal Oncology: A Critical Multidisciplinary TeamApproach provides in-depth evidence-based knowledge and is wellillustrated throughout with color photographs, line drawings, anddiagrams. This authoritative and practical resource is an essentialreference for the entire MDT including gastroenterologists,hepatologists, GI surgeons, medical oncologists, radiationtherapists, interventional radiologists, pathologists, specialistnurses, and clinical scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jankowski, Janusz

Sampliner, Richard E.

Kerr, David

Fong, Yuman

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hawk, Ernest

Viner, Jaye L.

Über Autor(innen)

Janusz Jankowski
MD, PhD, FRCP, FACG
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Digestive Diseases Centre UHLTrust, Leicester, UK
James Black Senior Fellow and Professor, University of Oxford,UK
Fellow and Professor, Cancer Research UK and Queen MaryUniversity of London, UK
Richard Sampliner
MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College ofMedicine, USA
Chief of Gastroenterology, Southern Arizona VA Health CareSystem, USA
David Kerr
CBE, MA, MD, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci
Rhodes Professor of Cancer Therapeutics and ClinicalPharmacology, University of Oxford, UK
Head of Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University ofOxford, UK
Yuman Fong
MD
Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery, Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center, New York, USA
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York,USA