Main description:

This volume provides the most comprehensive and complete resource available on all aspects of gastric cancer and it's management. The book covers topics such as oncologic approaches to staging, treating, and following patients, filling a critical need for resource materials on these areas. As multidisciplinary care is an integral part of gastric cancer treatment, this text is unique in including a renowned group of expert authors from a variety of disciplines, including pathology, gastroenterology, medical oncology, surgery and clinical genetics. In addition, authors from an international pool of gastric cancer experts have covered the breadth of practice and understanding globally.

Edited and organized by an expert from one of the most highly respected cancer institutions in the country, Gastric Cancer: Principles and Practice is an expert review of this field, serving as a valuable reference for physicians in training and in practice, as well as for researchers who are interested in the scope of issues and advances in this important malignancy.

Contents:

Part One Historical Perspective and Gastric Pathophysiology

Chapter 1 The Historical Perspective of Gastric Cancer
Michael A. Rogy and Marius A. Bunger

Chapter 2 Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer
Massimo Rugge, Matteo Fassan, and David Y. Graham

Chapter 3 Molecular Mechanisms in Gastric Carcinogenesis
Jonathan Cools-Lartigue, Laura Baker, and Lorenzo E. Ferri

Chapter 4 Pathology of Gastric Cancer
Laura H. Tang and Luke V. Selby

Chapter 5 Role of HER2 in Gastric Cancers
Elizabeth Won and Yelena Y. Janjigian

Chapter 6 Pathophysiology of Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer
Sharon Pattison and Alex Boussioutas

Chapter 7 Western Perspective and Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer
Giovanni de Manzoni, Daniele Marrelli, Giuseppe Verlato, Paolo Morgagni, Franco Roviello

Part Two Diagnostic Techniques for Gastric Cancer

Chapter 8 Diagnosis, Staging and Workup of Gastric Cancer
Arvind Sabesan and Joseph J. Bennett

Chapter 9 Endoscopy and Endoscopic Ultrasound Examination of the Stomach
Mark A. Schattner and John Chi To Wong

Chapter 10 The Role of Staging Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology in Gastric Cancer
James P. De Andrade, James J. Mezhir, and Vivian E. Strong

Part Three Gastric Resection and Postoperative Management

Chapter 11 Endoscopic Resection for Gastric Cancer
Yoshihiro Komatsu and Blair Anderson Jobe

Chapter 12 Methods of Reconstruction - BI, BII, Roux-en-Y, Jejuna

l Interposition, Proximal Gastrectomy and Pouch Reconstruction
Daniel E. Stange and Jurgen Weitz

Chapter 13 Lymphadenectomy - D1, D2 and D3
Johan L. Dikken and Henk H. Hartgrink

Chapter 14 Open Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total Gastrectomy
Brian Badgwell and Paul F. Mansfield

Chapter 15 Laparoscopic Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total Gastrectomy with D2 LymphadenectomyHan-Kwang Yang and Do Joong Park

Chapter 16 Robotic Methods of Resection and Reconstruction for Subtotal and Total Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy
Taeil Son and Woo Jin HyungChapter 17 Managing Early and Late Postoperative Complications Following Gastric Surgery
Brian Badgwell, Ryan Day, and Thomas Aloia

Chapter 18 Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer
George Poultsides and Jeffrey A. Norton

Chapter 19 Surveillance after Gastric Resection
Domenico D'Ugo, Alberto Biondi, Andrea Tufo, Gianluca Baiocchi, Roberto Persiani

Chapter 20 Surgical Trials for Gastric Cancer
Daniel Reim, Alexander Novotny, and Christoph Schuhmacher

Part Four Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatments for Gastric Cancer and Targeted Therapy

Chapter 21 Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment - Strategies and Clinical Trials - Western Perspective
Geoffrey Y. Ku and David H. Ilson

Chapter 22 Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment: Standard Treatment and Clinical Trials in the East
Mitsuru Sasako

Chapter

23 Radiation Treatment for Gastric Cancer
Carla Hajj and Karyn A. Goodman

Chapter 24 Targeted Therapy and Novel Agents for the Treatment of Gastric Cancer: A View towards the Future
Georgios D. Lianos, Alberto Mangano, Stefano Rausei, Aikaterini Lianou, Zoi Anastasiadi, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Dimitrios H. Roukos