1st Edition

The Prognosis of Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Survival of patients with metastatic cancer has increased over the past two decades as a result of a progressive improvement of regional and systemic therapies. However, oncologists' estimates of patients' predicted overall survival in metastatic cancer are imprecise. The purpose of this book is to systematize the evidence regarding the prognostic factors of metastatic gastrointestinal tumors,... Read more

Introduction.

1. Esophageal cancer. 2. Gastric cancer. 3. Small bowel adenocarcinoma. 4. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 5. Hepatocellular carcinoma. 6. Biliary tract cancer. 7. Neuroendocrine neoplasms. 8. Gastro-intestinal stromal tumors. 9. Colorectal cancer. 10. Anal cancer.

Index.

Biography

Giuseppe A. Colloca, MD, Oncologia Medica & Innovation, Imperia, Italy

Antonella Venturino, MD, Oncologia Medica & Innovation, Imperia, Italy