Challenges in Colorectal Cancer

This is the latest guidance on the most challenging and controversial aspects of colorectal cancer. It provides the latest guidelines on epidemiology and prevention of colorectal cancer, including the application of molecular genetics, and the new strategies for screening.The expanded international editor team reflects the increasing global significance of this disease and present didactic advice on surgical management, including new laparoscopic and endoscopic techniques and the role of the pathologist.It gives detailed oncological management, including the role of radiotherapy, options for chemotherapy and new developments in vaccines and immunotherapy.

Professor John Scholefield is Professor of surgery at University Hospital in Nottingham. He is doing research into possible screening tests for spotting colorectal cancer early and cell changes in colorectal cancer. He chairs the National Cancer Research Institute's colorectal cancer group, and is also a member of Council of the Association of Surgeons. Professor Herand Abcarian MD FACS, Turi Josefsen Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, USA.Professor Tim Maughan, Professor of Cancer Studies at the University of Wales, College of Medicine, and Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Velindre Hospital Swansea. Also Chairman of the All Wales Cancer Network.Professor Axel Grothey, Mayo Clinic, USA (formerly Professor of Medicine and Oncology at Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany).