Books in the MD Anderson Cancer Care Series series

Now in this, its second edition, this fully revised clinical guidebook is an essential resource for the practitioner, allowing quick, authoritative access to the latest and best in multimodality therapies.

Childhood cancer was almost always fatal before 1970. Despite the fact that pediatric cancers account for only a small p- centage of the total cancer burden, more effective therapies are needed to improve mortality rates in children. Anderson Cancer Center has been caring for children with c- cer since its doors opened over 60 years ago.

Suitable for practicing oncologists, this clinical guidebook provides information on multimodality therapies for gastrointestinal cancer. It covers topics such as AJCC staging of gastrointestinal malignancies, developments in histopathology of gastroinestinal cancers, and imaging techniques and endoscopy in the management of GI malignancies.

This volume in the M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series provides a detailed review of diagnostic techniques, treatment modalities, reconstruction and function, and offers a chapter geared towards algorithms for perioperative management and follow-up of patients.