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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma [Texte électronique] : diagnosis and treatment / Nobutoshi Ando, editor
Publication : Tokyo ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Esophageal cancer causes an estimated 386,000 deaths worldwide and is the sixth most
common cause of death for men. The background characteristics of esophageal cancer
treatment are markedly different between Asian and Western countries, however. In
tumor histology, squamous cell carcinoma associated with smoking and alcohol consumption
is overwhelmingly prevalent in Asia, whereas adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett?s
metaplasia is markedly prevalent in the West. In Asia, especially in Japan, the key
persons who play important roles in the management of esophageal cancer patients are
surgeons; in the West those roles are filled by medical and radiation oncologists
as well as surgeons. The philosophy of surgeons regarding cancer surgery varies from
locoregional to local tumor control, particularly in focusing on lymph node dissection.
Physicians? approach to surgical adjuvant therapy differs, therefore, between Asia
and the West. Considering these East?West differences in esophageal cancer treatment,
the currently available results of Western evidence should not be considered directly
applicable to esophageal cancer in Asia. In this book, the authors discuss the knowledge
base in Japan in terms of treatment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Since this
volume contains a wide spectrum of current information and addresses topics surrounding
the treatment of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, it is highly relevant
to Asian physicians and researchers as well as to their counterparts in the West
Sujet(s) : Médecine
Gastroentérologie
Cancérologie
Cancer -- Chirurgie
Thorax -- Chirurgie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9784431549772
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44718036c
Notice n° :
FRBNF44718036
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Epidemiology of ESCC ; 2. Pathology of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ; 3.
Imaging Diagnosis ; 4. Endoscopic Diagnosis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
; 5. Stage Classifications: The UICC/AJCC Classifications and The Japanese Classification
; 6. Comprehensive Registry in Japan ; 7. Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment
in Japan ; 8. Surgery: Transthoracic Esophagectomy ; 9. Surgery: Minimally Invasive
Esophagectomy ; 10. Surgery: Esophageal reconstruction ; 11. Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant
Therapy ; 12. Chemotherapy and Chemoradiotherapy 13. Radiation Therapy ; 14. Endoscopic
treatment: EMR and ESD ; 15. The Hong Kong Experience ; 16. The Indian Experience.