The lymphatic system in colorectal cancer : basic concepts, pathology, imaging and treatment perspectives /: basic concepts, pathology, imaging and treatment perspectives. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Wim Ceelen.
• Editors: Ceelen, W. P
• Contents: Part A. Basic concepts 1. Anatomy and embryology of the lymphatic system of the colon and rectum 2. The premetastatic niche in colorectal cancer lymphatic metastasis 3. Genetic drivers of lymphatic spread in colorectal cancer 4. Evolution and biogeographical spread of colorectal cancer 5. Immunology of the normal and cancer-invaded lymphatic system in CRC 6. Biomechanical aspects of lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic metastasis 7. Mathematical models of normal and cancer-associated lymphangiogenesis Part B. Pathology and Imaging 8. Pathological assessment of the lymph nodes in colorectal cancer 9. Lymph node classification in colorectal cancer: TNM versus the Japanese system 10. Prognostic significance of the lymph node ratio in colon and rectal cancer 11. Tumor deposits in colorectal cancer 12. Detection and significance of micro-metastases in colorectal lymph nodes 13. Patterns of lymph node metastasis in rectal cancer 14. Imaging of nodal disease in colon and rectal cancer Part C. Treatment 15. Complete mesocolic excision in colon cancer 16. Japanese D3 dissection in colon cancer 17. Lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer 18. Neoadjuvant therapy and nodal recurrence in rectal cancer 19. Management of extra-mesenteric and para-aortic nodal disease in colon cancer 20. Fluorescence guided sentinel node detection in colorectal cancer surgery 21. Systemic treatment for node positive colorectal cancer 22. Radiotherapy for nodal disease in colorectal cancer
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.99442; Lymphatics -- Cancer; Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer; Rectum -- Cancer
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128242988
• Related ISBNs: 9780128242971
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