Gastric Cancer Principles and Practice [Paperback]

This volume provides the most comprehensive and complete resource available on all aspects of gastric cancer and its 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.

Part One Historical Perspective and Gastric Pathophysiology

Chapter 1 The Historical Perspective of Gastric Cancer
Michael A. Rogy and Marius A. B?nger

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&lÃÃ