Contemporary Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Precision Medicine Approach - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323917062 ISBN 13: 9780323917063

Publisher: Academic Press, 2022

Synopsis

Contemporary Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Precision Medicine Approach summarizes current knowledge and provides evidenced-based practice recommendations on how to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The book presents topics such as pre-operating imaging, the use of molecular markers in treatment decisions, neoadjuvant therapy, synchronous colorectal liver metastasis, and minimally invasive approaches. In addition, it discusses immunotherapy, targeted therapies and survivorship. This is a valuable resource for practitioners, cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students and members of biomedical research who need to understand more about novel treatments for colorectal cancer metastasis.

• Summarizes contemporary data in the workup and treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
• Discusses novel patient-centric personalized approaches surrounding the management of such cancer types
• Presents evidenced-based recommendations for precision care among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

About this title

About the Authors

Aslam Ejaz MD, MPH is a surgical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, bile duct cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers. In addition to his clinical work, he is dedicated to teaching the future generation of surgeons and other cancer care providers as an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology at The Ohio State University. As a member of the Translational Therapeutics Program at the OSUCCC – James, one of his research interests is in the development of clinical trials to help patients receive new therapies that may not be available at other treatment centers. He is also interested in researching how patients do after surgery as well as addressing variations in perioperative surgical care and quality improvement. Dr. Ejaz’s research is dedicated to improving cancer care, and he has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in high-impact cancer and surgical journals.

Dr. Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, PhD, MPH, MTS, MBA, FACS, FSSO is the Chair of Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center where he holds The Urban Meyer III and Shelley Meyer Chair for Cancer Research. His research focuses on determinations of factors associated with prognosis and staging of gastrointestinal cancers with a particular focus on cholangiocarcinoma. He also studies patient/physician communication and patient engagement, as well as patient perception of cancer-care goals and the impact of social determinants of health. Dr. Pawlik is an active participant in multiple national and international surgical societies and has delivered talks on cholangiocarcinoma around the world.

From the Back Cover

Contemporary Management of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Precision Medicine Approach summarizes current knowledge and provides evidenced-based practice recommendations to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. There has been valuable new data on the subject recently, particularly with regards to surgical and chemotherapy/targeted therapy, and the book aims to discuss the most relevant ones in depth.The book presents topics such as pre-operating imaging; use of molecular markers in treatment decisions; neoadjuvant therapy; synchronous colorectal liver metastasis; and minimally invasive approaches. In addition, it discusses immunotherapy and targeted therapies, and survivorship.It is a valuable resource for practitioners, cancer researchers, oncologists, graduate students, and members of biomedical research who need to understand more about novel treatments for colorectal cancer metastasis.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323917062
• ISBN 13: 9780323917063
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326
• Editor: Ejaz Aslam, Pawlik MD MPH PhD FACS FRACS (Hon.) Timothy M.