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- Editors:
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Douglas O. Faigel
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Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
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Michael L. Kochman
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Esophagus
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- Stephan M. Wildi, Michael B. Wallace
Pages 17-30
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- Jason Vollweiler, Gregory Zuccaro Jr.
Pages 31-42
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- Ganapathy A. Prasad, Kenneth K. Wang
Pages 43-51
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- Sanjay Jagannath, Marcia I. Canto
Pages 53-65
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- John M. Holland, Christopher A. Canning
Pages 85-97
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Stomach and Small Bowel
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Front Matter
Pages 100-100
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- Omid A. Shaye, Andrew Ippoliti
Pages 101-108
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- George A. Makar, Gregory G. Ginsberg
Pages 109-120
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- Gregory Olds, Amitabh Chak
Pages 121-128
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- Takuji Gotoda, Roy M. Soetikno
Pages 129-138
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- John G. Kuldau, Peter R. Holman, Thomas J. Savides
Pages 139-149
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- Willscott E. Naugler, Gordon C. Hunt
Pages 161-172
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Colon
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Front Matter
Pages 183-183
About this book
Table 1 Cancer is the second most common cause of death in Americans (see www.cdc.gov). Colorectal cancer kills more Incidence and Mortality of the Five Most Common Gastrointestinal Malignancies Americans than any other malignancy except for lung cancer. The incidences and mortalities of the major gastrointestinal a a Site Incidence Mortality (GI) malignancies are shown in Table 1. Taken as a group, the five most common GI malignancies account for more cancers Colorectum 53.9 21.6 and more cancer deaths than for any other site. Pancreas 11.1 10.6 Stomach 9.1 4.9 Flexible endoscopy has given physicians unprecedented Liver/intrahepatic bile ducts 6.2 4.4 access to the GI tract. The ability to endoscopically visu- Esophagus 4.5 4.3 alize, biopsy, and apply therapy has had implications for the management of all the major GI malignancies. Accepted Data from SEER database 1992–2002 (www.seer.cancer.gov). applications of endoscopy range from detection of mal- a Per 100,000.
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"...an excellent resource for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopists who deal with patients with suspected or established gastrointestinal cancers." -Weighted Numerical Score: 85 - 3 Stars!-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal
Editors and Affiliations
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Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Douglas O. Faigel
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Michael L. Kochman