Colorectal Cancer

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. General Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer

      • Ole M. Jensen

      Pages 3-13

   3. Bacterial Factors in the Aetiology of Large Bowel Cancer

      • M. J. Hill

      Pages 15-22

   4. Clinical Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

      • A. J. Ch. Haex

      Pages 23-27

   5. Prognostic Factors in Staging of Colorectal Cancer

      • C. B. Wood

      Pages 29-42

   6. Cytology of Colorectal Carcinoma

      • P. Lopes Cardozo

      Pages 43-52

   7. Pathological Aspects of Colorectal Carcinoma

      • Dirk J. Ruiter

      Pages 53-58

3. Diagnostic Procedures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Screening with Occult Blood Testing

      • P. Frühmorgen, L. Demling

      Pages 61-66

   3. Mass Screening

      • P. de Ruiter

      Pages 67-76

   4. Colonoscopy as a Screening Procedure?

      • Christopher B. Williams

      Pages 77-82

4. Individuals at Risk

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Dietary, Environmental, and Hereditary Factors in the Development of Colorectal Cancer

      • Martin Lipkin

      Pages 85-96

   3. The Pathology of Polyps of the Large Bowel

      • David W. Day

      Pages 97-101

   4. Polyposis Coli

      • E. A. van Slooten

      Pages 103-109

5. Adenomas of the Colon

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Clinical Significance of a Polyp

      • J. Kreuning

      Pages 113-116

   3. The Clinical Significance of a Villous Adenoma

      • A. York Mason

      Pages 117-130

   4. Endoscopic Polypectomy

      • D. M. van den Boomgaard

      Pages 131-136

This book is based on the proceedings of a successful Boerhaave International Symposium on colorectal cancer held at the University of Leiden, 6-9 June, 1979. I would like to offer grateful thanks to the eminent clinicians and scientists who contributed both to the Symposium and to this book. Colorectal cancer is a very common form of malignancy, particularly in the Western world, and there have been a number of recent developments in the management of this condition. This book has attempted to collate informa­ tion on the current methods of investigation and treatment and I believe that it will prove valuable to all those interested in oncology. The contents range widely, covering the entire field from epidemiology through screening methods, diagnostic approaches and therapy of both primary and secondary disease. Perhaps the most outstanding new areas discussed and reflected in the proceedings are the possible range and scope of screening techniques, the new possibilities both in treatment and in endoscopic surgery now available as a result of developments in fibre-optic endoscopy, and new approaches and important parameters in staging of the disease.

• Staging
• carcinoma
• endoscopy
• metastatic disease
• surgery
• surgical oncology

• Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

  K. Welvaart, J. Kreuning

• Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

  L. H. Blumgart

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