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. Dr. Vivian E. Strong’s institution, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the highest volume referral center in the United States and as such, has ample and substantive weight in the presentation of this important disease process. Dr. Strong personally performs most of the gastric cancer operations at MSKCC and has the highest volume of any surgeon in the United States in the surgical treatment of gastric cancer. Vivian E. Strong, MD, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Associate Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service, Department of Surgery, New York, NY, USA Part One Historical Perspective and Gastric Pathophysiology Chapter 1 The Historical Perspective of Gastric Cancer Michael A. Rogy and Marius A. Bnger 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 Jrgen 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 Hyung Chapter 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
