Modern Clinical Treatment of Digestive System Tumors

Author: Zhu Jinshui
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Publish Date: 2005-10-24
Features: Digestive system tumors are the most common and frequently occurring malignant tumors in China, with their mortality and number of deaths ranking first among all malignant tumors in the country. Early intervention, diagnosis, treatment, and improving the prognosis of digestive system tumors are important challenges faced by clinical medical experts. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the clinical treatment and research of digestive system tumors in China. Modern Clinical Treatment of Digestive System Tumors comprehensively and systematically introduces the diagnosis and treatment of digestive system malignant tumors occurring in the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver, bile ducts, pancreas, and other locations. It provides detailed descriptions of various primary or secondary malignant tumors of the digestive system from multiple aspects, including epidemiology, etiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis assessment. It places significant emphasis on the treatment of malignant digestive system tumors, systematically elaborating on various therapeutic approaches such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgical treatment, and immunotherapy, especially the emerging gene therapy and immunoradiotherapy in recent years. It systematically explains the indications, usage, and precautions of various treatments for digestive system tumors, showcasing the latest advancements in the treatment of digestive system tumors. This book highlights the new breakthroughs in digestive system tumors both domestically and internationally, with novel, specific, and highly practical content. It strives to organically combine the concepts and practical applications of modern clinical treatment of digestive system tumors, introducing significant innovations based on traditional treatments while supplementing many lacking aspects of digestive system tumors, such as psychological therapy, rehabilitation therapy, nursing, dietary therapy, autologous stem cell therapy, robotic surgery, virtual endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, and other clinical technologies that have been applied since the beginning of the 21st century. In terms of organization, it provides a comprehensive summary of the diagnosis and treatment of all digestive system tumors before detailing each type in separate chapters. This monograph incorporates the clinical diagnostic and treatment experience, insights, and reflections of the authors over the years. It also references a large amount of latest domestic and international literature, summarizes and organizes it, and integrates advanced foreign technologies with China's specific conditions to enhance its practicality and relevance. The primary readership of this book includes clinical physicians working in gastroenterology, oncology, general surgery, traditional Chinese medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and other related disciplines, as well as faculty and students of medical schools and researchers. It serves as an important reference book for clinical physicians, medical school faculty and students, and researchers, and is also one of the textbooks for national continuing education learning classes.