Rectal Cancer

Molecular Biology of Rectal Cancer.- Molecular Pathology of Colorectal Cancer: From Phenotype to Genotype.- Familial and Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer: Issues Relevant for Surgical Practice.- Staging and Prognostic Markers.- Use and Applications of MRI Techniques in the Diagnosis and Staging of Rectal Lesions.- The Value of Tumor Markers in Colorectal Cancer.- Surgical Strategy.- Possibilities of Extensive Surgery.- Total Mesorectal Excision for Cancer of the Rectum.- Radical Surgery for Extensive Rectal Cancer: Is It Worthwhile?.- Sphincter Preservation and Sphincter Reconstruction.- Coloanal J-Pouch Reconstruction Following Low Rectal Resection.- Seromuscular Spiral Cuff Perineal Colostomy: An Alternative to Abdominal Wall Colostomy After Abdominoperineal Excision for Rectal Cancer.- Total Anorectal Reconstruction Supported by Electrostimulated Gracilis Neosphincter.- Local Excision of Rectal Cancer Through Windowed Specula: Long-Term Results.- Prevention of Local Recurrence.- Locoregional Recurrence of Rectal Cancer: Biological and Technical Aspects of Surgical Failure.- Radiochemotherapy as an Adjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer.- Intraoperative Radiotherapy as Adjuvant Treatment for Stage II/III Rectal Carcinoma.- Radical Sphincter Preservation Surgery with Coloanal Anastomosis Following High-Dose External Irradiation for the Very Low Lying Rectal Cancer.- Radiochemotherapy and Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer.- Future Strategies to Improve Results of Therapy.- Dietary and Chemopreventive Strategies.- Diagnosis and Therapeutic Relevance of Micrometastases.

Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schlag, Direktor des Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berlin.