Surgery in Multimodal Management of Solid Tumors

1. Introduction

Part 1. General Principles

2. Surgery and Tumors
Antonio Bolognese, Dominique Elias

3. Cooperation between the Surgical Oncologist and the Pathologist
Antonio Bolognese, Francesco Borrini, Francesca Ricci, Paolo Meloni, Federica Pulcini, Pietro L. Mingazzini

4. Molecular Biology and Genetics of Cancer
Alberto Gulino

5. The Medical Oncologist’s Point of View
Massimo Lopez, Laura Giacinti, Silvia I.S. Fattoruso

6. The Radiotherapist’s Point of View
Riccardo Maurizi Enrici, Mattia F. Osti, Francesca Berardi

Part 2. Personal Experiences and Selected Series

7. Surgical Treatment of Colorectal Metastases to the Liver
Genoveffa Balducci, Paolo Mercantini, Niccolò Petrucciani, Vincenzo Ziparo

8. Gastric Cancer
Clemente Iascone, Annalisa Paliotta, Silvia Femia

9. Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas: Surgery and Multimodal Treatment
Giuliano Barugola, Massimo Falconi, Fabio Zarantonello, Giuseppe Malleo, Claudio Bassi, Paolo Pederzoli

10. The Role of Preoperative Biliary Decompression in Patients with Severe Malignant Obstructive Jaundice
Vincenzo Cangemi, Enrico Fiori

11. Surgery in Multimodal Treatment of Cancer: Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Angelo Di Giorgio, Fabio Accarpio, Simone Sibio, Daniele Biacchi, Sergio Gazzanelli, Anna M. Baccheschi, Tommaso Cornali, Marisa Di Seri, Linda Cerbone, Paolo Sammartino

12. Pelvic Recurrences of Rectal Cancer
Antonio Bolognese, Luciano Izzo, Pierfrancesco Di Cello, Dario Pietrasanta, Alessandro Crocetti, Silvia Trombetta

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, General Surgery, Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy, Molecular Medicine