Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient provides you with a full color, highly clinical, multi-media tool focused on the role diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy plays in the management of patients with cancer.

With chapters authored by the world’s leading endoscopy and oncology experts and edited by a highly experienced editor team, you’ll find a level of clinical excellence that is unsurpassed in other books on this topic. 

Covering GI cancer from both the perspective of the gastroenterologist and the oncologist, it contains approximately 400 quality color images and 21 high-definition videos showing endoscopy being performed by the experts.

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient is a must-have purchase and perfect consultation and learning tool for all gastroenterologists, endoscopists, GI surgeons and oncologists involved in the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal cancer.

List of Contributors, xxx

Part 1: Introduction to Endoscopy

1 Introduction to Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the Cancer Patient
Matthew R. Banks and John Deutsch

Part 2: Esophagus

2 Staging of pre-malignant and malignant conditions of the esophagus
RJ Haidry and Matthew R Banks

3 Endoscopic management of premalignant and early malignant diseases of the esophagus
JM Dunn, RJ Haidry and Matthew R Banks

4 Palliation of advanced tumors of the esophagus including YAG laser, APC, PDT, ethanol, stent for obstruction or fistula, PEG and brachytherapy
Evelyn PM van Vliet and Peter D Siersema

5 Endoscopy in Esophageal Cancer: An Oncologist’s Perspective 
Gilberto de Castro Junior, Maria Ignez F. Melro Braghiroli and Camille Rodrigues da Silva

Part 3: Stomach

6 Diagnosis and staging of diseases of the stomach 
Ichiro Oda, Seiichiro Abe and Shigetaka Yoshinaga

7 Endoscopic management of premalignant and early malignant lesions
Takuji Gotoda, Roy Soetikno, Tonya Kaltenbach, Takuji Gotoda and Stefan Seewald

8 Palliation of advanced tumours of the stomach
Jayan Mannath, Matthew Banks and Stephen Bown

9 Gastroscopy in Gastric Cancer: An Oncologist’s perspective
Cheng Yeoh and Daniel Hochhauser

Part 4: Small Bowel

10 Staging of premalignant and early malignant diseases of the small bowel 
Hiroto Kita and Hironori Yamamoto

11 Endoscopic management of premalignant, early and advanced malignancies 
Klaus Mönkemüller, Lucia C. Fry and Helmut Neumann

12 The Role of Endoscopy in Small Bowel Malignancies 
David Shapiro, Joshua Melson and Abhitabh Patil

Part 5: Pancreatic

13 Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Neoplasms  
Craig A. Munroe, Thomas J Savides and Syed M Abbas Fehmi

14 Pancreatic Cystic Lesions 
Raymond S. Tang and Thomas J. Savides

15 Pancreatic Cancer Screening in High Risk Individuals 
Ingrid Gonzalez, Lisa Madlensky and Thomas J. Savides

16 Endoscopic Palliation of Pancreatic Cancer 
Imad Elkhatib, Thomas Savides and Syed M Abbas Fehmi

17 Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: An Oncologist's perspective
Fa-Chyi Lee

Part 6: Gall Bladder, Bile Duct and Ampulla of Vader Biliary, Gallbladder and Ampulary Lesions

18 Diagnosis and Staging of Premalignant and early malignant diseases
Ihab I. El Hajj, John M. DeWitt and Gregory A. Coté

19 Management of early malignancies 
Geetha Nallamothu and Douglas G. Adler

20 Palliation of Advanced Tumours 
Evangelos Kalaitzakis, Gavin J. Johnson and George J. Webster

21 Endoscopy in biliary tract cancers: an oncologist's perspective
John Bridgewater

Part 7: Hepatic Tumors (including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma)

22 Diagnosis and Staging of Premalignant and Malignant Diseases of the Liver 
Elizabeth Fallon, Frederick Johlin, Alan Stolpen and Jeffrey Dunkelberg

23 Endoscopic Evaluation and Therapy for Complications of Cirrhosis 
Peter R. McNally and P. Alexander McNally

24 Endoscopic Management of Early and Advanced Hepatic Tumors 
Yuk Tong Lee and Joseph J. Y. Sung

25 Hepatic Tumours: An Oncologist's Perspective
Katie Weatherstone, Alexa Childs and Tim Meyer

Part 8: Colorectal and Anal tumors

26 Diagnosis, staging and management of premalignant and early malignant diseases of the colon
Muhammed Thoufeeq, Takahiro Fujii and Bjorn Rembacken

27 Palliation of Advanced Tumours 
George J. Webster and Stephen Bown

28 Colorectal and Anal tumors:  An Oncologist's Perspective
Sam J. Lubner, David Kim and Jennifer Weiss

29 Anal cancer  
John Deutsch

Part 9: Gastrointestinal Endoscopic management of tumors not of GI origin - role of GI endoscopy

30 Endoscopy in Hematologic Malignancies 
William A. Ross

31 Thyroid, Head and Neck Tumors 
John Deutsch

32 Prostate Cancer, Ovarian, and Peritoneal Disease       
Assaad M. Soweid and Mohammed H. Saad

33 Lung Cancer and Mediastinal Tumours
Paul Clementsen, Peter Vilmann, Lars Konge and Jouke Annema

34 Role of GI endoscopy in lymphoproliferative disorders 
Ian D Norton and Vipul Aggarwal

35 Role of Endoscopy in Radiation Therapy
Muslim Atiq, Alexander Dekovich and Manoop S. Bhutani

36 Endoscopic Complications 
Jonathan R.B. Green

Index