Rectal Cancer: Surgical Management, Basic and Clinical Research

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Molecular Pathology of Colorectal Cancer: From Phenotype to Genotype....Pages 3-19
Familial and Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer: Issues Relevant for Surgical Practice....Pages 20-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Use and Applications of MRI Techniques in the Diagnosis and Staging of Rectal Lesions....Pages 35-47
The Value of Tumor Markers in Colorectal Cancer....Pages 48-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Possibilities of Extensive Surgery....Pages 59-65
Total Mesorectal Excision for Cancer of the Rectum....Pages 66-70
Radical Surgery for Extensive Rectal Cancer: Is It Worthwhile?....Pages 71-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Coloanal J-Pouch Reconstruction Following Low Rectal Resection....Pages 87-94
Seromuscular Spiral Cuff Perineal Colostomy: An Alternative to Abdominal Wall Colostomy After Abdominoperineal Excision for Rectal Cancer....Pages 95-103
Total Anorectal Reconstruction Supported by Electrostimulated Gracilis Neosphincter....Pages 104-113
Local Excision of Rectal Cancer Through Windowed Specula: Long-Term Results....Pages 114-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Locoregional Recurrence of Rectal Cancer: Biological and Technical Aspects of Surgical Failure....Pages 127-140
Radiochemotherapy as an Adjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer....Pages 141-151
Intraoperative Radiotherapy as Adjuvant Treatment for Stage II/III Rectal Carcinoma....Pages 152-160
Radical Sphincter Preservation Surgery with Coloanal Anastomosis Following High-Dose External Irradiation for the Very Low Lying Rectal Cancer....Pages 161-174
Radiochemotherapy and Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer....Pages 175-191
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Dietary and Chemopreventive Strategies....Pages 195-213
Diagnosis and Therapeutic Relevance of Micrometastases....Pages 214-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-221