Annie Young, Professor of Nursing, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry

Richard Hobbs, Professor and Head of Primary Care Health Sciences, Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

David Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine, Nuffield Dept of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford

Contributors, vii
Preface, ix
1 The Patient Perspective 1
Kevin Bond
2 Epidemiology and Prevention 4
Peter Boyle, Patrick Mullie, Maria Paula Curado and David Zaridze
3 Pathways of Carcinogenesis 8
Michael Christie and Oliver Sieber
4 Clinical Genetics in the Management of Colon Cancer 13
Kai Ren Ong, Vicky Bowyer and Trevor Cole
5 Screening for Colorectal Cancer 19
Julietta Patnick and Wendy S. Atkin
6 Decision Support Networks 22
Matthew Kelly, Mark Austin and Sir Michael Brady
7 Pathology of Colorectal Cance, 26
Mohammad Ilyas
8 Imaging of Colorectal Cancer 31
Andrew Slater
9 The Role of Primary Care 36
Sue Wilson and Richard Hobbs
10 Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer 40
Andrew Weaver
11 Surgical Interventions 44
Shazad Ashraf and Neil Mortensen
12 Adjuvant Therapy 48
Zenia Saridaki-Zoras and David Kerr
13 Treatment of Advanced Disease 52
David Watkins and David Cunningham
14 Innovative Treatment for Colorectal Cancer 58
Joanne L. Brady and David Kerr
15 Supportive Care for Patients with Colorectal Cancer 63
Pauline McCulloch and Annie Young
16 Follow-up 69
John Primrose
Index 74

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