Rectal and Anal Cancers Conservative Treatment by Irradiation — an Alternative to Radical Surgery
Although attempts at radical removal of cancers of the rectum had been performed earlier, it was not until W. E. Miles in 1908 re ported his experience in the management of cancer in this ana tomic part, that the combined abdominoperineal resection be came the recognized and accepted approach for...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1982, 1982
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1982 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section A. Carcinoma of the Rectum
- I. General Considerations
- II. Pathology
- III. Surgical Treatment
- IV. Rationale of Conservative Treatment for Cure
- V. Conservative Treatment by Surgery
- VI. Conservative Treatment by Irradiation
- VII. Comparison of Surgical and Radiotherapeutic Methods of Local Therapy
- VIII. Intracavitary Irradiation as a Supplementary Procedure After Local Excision — Problem of Villous Adenomas
- Section B. Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anus
- Topographical Distribution of Anal Cancers
- IX. Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anal Canal
- X. General Features
- XI. Treatment
- XII. New Therapeutic Approaches
- XIII. Experience at the Centre Léon Bérard
- XIV. Indications for Treatment
- XV. Epidermoid Carcinoma of the Anal Margin
- XVI. Conclusion
- XVII. References
- XVIII. Subject Index
- A. Cancer of the Rectum
- B. Cancer of the Anus