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Malignancies of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract, An Issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 38-3 - May 8, 2024
- Editor: David H. Ilson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 9 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 9 7 - 3
In this issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, guest editor David H. Ilson brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Malignancies of the Upper GI Tract.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Hematology/Oncology Clinics, guest editor David H. Ilson brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Malignancies of the Upper GI Tract.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Advances in the Imaging of Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Malignancies; Advances in Immunotherapy in Esophagogastric Cancer; Advances in Surgery and (Neo) Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer; Advances in the Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on malignancies of the upper GI tract, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Advances in Gastric Cancer Surgical Management
- Key points
- Introduction
- Fundamentals in technique
- Transition to minimally invasive surgery
- New techniques and technology
- Genetics and molecular subtypes
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advances in the Surgical Management of Esophageal Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Endoscopic therapies
- Minimally invasive esophagectomy
- Robotic esophagectomy
- Extent of lymphadenectomy during esophagectomy
- Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols, prehabilitation, and early nutrition
- Esophagectomy in patients with oligometastatic adenocarcinoma
- Clinics care points
- Funding
- Esophagogastric Cancer: The Current Role of Radiation Therapy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advances in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Targeted Therapy in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advances in Immunotherapy in Esophagogastric Cancer
- Key points
- Background
- Current evidence
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advances in Systemic Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Disease staging
- Advances in standards of care: metastastic disease
- Advances in standards of care: locally advanced and early-stage disease
- Advances in experimental therapeutics
- Targeting Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
- Immune therapy
- Summary
- Advances in Surgery and (Neo) Adjuvant Therapy in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Surgical approach
- Recent surgical advances
- Timing and sequence of chemotherapy
- Radiotherapy
- Emerging therapies
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Immunotherapy: A Sharp Curve Turn at the Corner of Targeted Therapy in the Treatment of Biliary Tract Cancers
- Key points
- Introduction
- New developments in systemic therapy for advanced disease
- Emerging investigational therapies
- Systemic therapies movement to early stages of disease
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Targeted Agents in Esophagogastric Cancer Beyond Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2
- Key points
- Introduction
- Current biomarkers
- Targeted agents in development
- Summary
- Funding
- Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers and the Role of Genetic Testing
- Key points
- Upper gastrointestinal cancers and the role of genetic testing
- Summary
- Clinics care points: pearls and pitfalls
- The Role of Screening and Early Detection in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology of esophageal cancer
- Cause of esophageal cancer
- Esophageal adenocarcinoma screening
- Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma screening
- Epidemiology of gastric cancer
- Cause of gastric adenocarcinoma
- Gastric adenocarcinoma screening
- Epidemiology of small-bowel cancer
- Small-bowel adenocarcinoma screening in hereditary cancer syndromes
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Advances in the Imaging of Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Malignancies
- Key points
- Introduction
- Anatomy of esophageal and gastroesophageal junction malignancies
- Staging using computed tomography and endoscopic ultrasound
- Evaluation using 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose] positron emission tomography/computed tomography
- Advances in imaging
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 38-3
- Published: May 8, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295966
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295973
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David H. Ilson
Affiliations and expertise
Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY