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Author:   Douglas Adler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   SLACK Incorporated
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.698kg
ISBN:  

9781556429842

ISBN 10:   1556429843
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   15 April 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors Preface Section I Esophagus Question 1 What Are the Risk Factors for the Development of Esophageal Cancer? Kevin D. Halsey, MD and Bruce D. Greenwald, MD Question 2 Do All Patients With Esophageal Cancer Require Surgery or Can Some Be Managed With Nonsurgical (Endoscopic, Oncologic, Etc) Methods Alone? Robin B. Mendelsohn, MD and Christopher J. DiMaio, MD Question 3 What Options Exist for Enteral Feeding in Preoperative Patients With Esophageal Cancer Who Have Dysphagia? Vivek Kaul, MD, FACG Question 4 An 81-Year-Old Man Is Found to Have Unresectable Esophageal Cancer and Malignant Dysphagia. Should He Have a Stent? A Nasogastric Feeding Tube? A Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Tube? Katarina B. Greer, MD, MS and Ashley L. Faulx, MD, FASGE Question 5 How Should Malignant Tracheoesophageal Fistulae Be Managed in Patients With Esophageal Cancer? Ananya Das, MD, FACG, FASGE Question 6 A 55-Year-Old Man Undergoes an Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. Two Years Later, He Develops Dysphagia and a Contrast Study Discloses a Narrowing at His Anastomosis. How Should This Be Investigated and Treated? &n

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As academic gastroenterologists with expertise in interventional gastroenterology, we found the book to be very relevant and appropriate for our practice. This book serves as a bridge and quick refresher for the diagnosis and management of common gastrointestinal cancers. We would highly recommend this book to our colleagues and to advanced endoscopy and oncology fellows. -Michael Gilles, MD and Gulshan Parasher, MD, FACP, FACG, Practical Gastroenterology

As academic gastroenterologists with expertise in interventional gastroenterology, we found the book to be very relevant and appropriate for our practice. This book serves as a bridge and quick refresher for the diagnosis and management of common gastrointestinal cancers. We would highly recommend this book to our colleagues and to advanced endoscopy and oncology fellows. <br><br>-Michael Gilles, MD and Gulshan Parasher, MD, FACP, FACG, Practical Gastroenterology

As academic gastroenterologists with expertise in interventional gastroenterology, we found the book to be very relevant and appropriate for our practice. This book serves as a bridge and quick refresher for the diagnosis and management of common gastrointestinal cancers. We would highly recommend this book to our colleagues and to advanced endoscopy and oncology fellows. -Michael Gilles, MD and Gulshan Parasher, MD, FACP, FACG, Practical Gastroenterology As academic gastroenterologists with expertise in interventional gastroenterology, we found the book to be very relevant and appropriate for our practice. This book serves as a bridge and quick refresher for the diagnosis and management of common gastrointestinal cancers. We would highly recommend this book to our colleagues and to advanced endoscopy and oncology fellows. -Michael Gilles, MD and Gulshan Parasher, MD, FACP, FACG, Practical Gastroenterology

Author Information

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Adler completed both a general GI fellowship and a therapeutic endoscopy/ERCP fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He then returned to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for a fellowship in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). Dr. Adler is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Working mostly out of the School of Medicine’s Huntsman Cancer Institute, Dr. Adler’s clinical, educational, and research efforts focus on the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal cancers, with an emphasis on therapeutic endoscopy. He is the author of more than 150 scientific publications and book chapters.

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