This cutting-edge book delivers state of the art information on the evaluation and management
of rectal cancer. Covering the spectrum of clinical management information from initial
evaluation and staging to advances and controversies in management to survivor outcomes
sphincter preservation and quality of life it is a comprehensive resource for this rapidly
changing field. Surgery radiation therapy and chemotherapy radiology endoscopy and
pathology are fully explored including the use of both novel and contemporary approaches in
each of these disciplines. With examination of clinical trials in the United States and Europe
this book features the unique insights of a cadre of world renowned specialists. Rectal Cancer:
International Perspectives on Multimodality Management is an engaging discussion of current and
future directions. This book is necessary reading for medical surgical and radiation
oncologists as well as pathologists radiologists and gastroenterologists treating primary and
metastatic rectal cancer.
