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Digestive System Malignancies
1st Edition - February 16, 2022
Author: Constantine P. Spanos
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780323983693
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eBook ISBN:9780323985758
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Digestive System Malignancies provides an up-to-date overview on the most relevant diagnostic techniques, staging of malignancies, and current therapeutic modalities for digest…Read more
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Digestive System Malignancies provides an up-to-date overview on the most relevant diagnostic techniques, staging of malignancies, and current therapeutic modalities for digestive system malignancies. With coverage from esophageal, gastric and pancreatic cancers, to colon, anal and peritoneal surface, this reference offers a wide-ranging guide to malignancies throughout the digestive system. The use of engaging infographics provides an "at-a-glace" perspective on the subject, allowing users to retain a large amount of information without scrolling through large text or complex algorithms. This is an important reference for clinicians, surgeons, medical students and scientists that need a quick reference on digestive system malignancies.
Includes comprehensive coverage of all gastrointestinal malignancies
Provides in-depth coverage of mechanisms, helping users to quickly recognize the indications that are connected to specific medical conditions
Spans the epidemiology, diagnostic modalities, staging, classification systems and therapy of digestive system malignancies
Presents infographics with engaging visuals that allow users to retain a large amount of information without the need to scroll through large text or complex algorithms
Chapter 12: Hilar, bile duct cancer, and cholangiocarcinoma
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Chapter 13: Gallbladder cancer
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Chapter 14: Appendiceal neoplasms
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Chapter 15: Colon cancer
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Chapter 16: Rectal cancer
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Chapter 17: Anal cancer
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Chapter 18: Peritoneal surface malignancy
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Chapter 19: Inflammation and digestive malignancies
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Esophageal cancer and inflammation
Inflammation and gastric cancer
Ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer
Inflammation and cholangiocarcinoma
Inflammation and hepatocellular carcinoma
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Chapter 20: Chemokines, immunity, and cancer
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No. of pages: 144
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: February 16, 2022
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780323983693
eBook ISBN: 9780323985758
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Constantine P. Spanos
Constantine P. Spanos completed medical school in 1992, matriculating from the Aristotelian University School of Medicine. After an internship year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he trained in General Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He then pursued fellowship training in Colon & Rectal Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Upon completion of his training, he returned to Greece where he is currently Associate Professor of Surgery at the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He obtained his Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) at the American College of Thessaloniki in 2018. He is currently certified (and recertified) by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery and is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece