Pancreas Cancer: Epidemiology and Risk Factors Albert B. Lowenfels Patrick Maisonneuve Introduction Compared to other digestive tract tumors, pancreatic cancer is infrequent, with an estimated world yearly total of about…

Gastric Cancer: Clinical Management David P. Kelsen Cornelis J. H. van de Velde Bruce D. Minsky Clinical Presentation: Signs and Symptoms In the West, the majority of patients with gastric…

Gastric Cancer: Pathology Grant N. Stemmermann Cecilia M. Fenoglio-Preiser Gastric cancers represent a heterogeneous group of tumors, most lesions being adenocarcinomas. The less common gastric cancers, such as lymphomas, neuroendocrine…

Gastric Cancer: Staging Systems and Techniques Mark Greaves Arnold Markowitz Hans Gerdes In the early 1900s, it was observed that survival rates for cancer were higher for patients in whom…

Gastric Cancer: Molecular Biology and Genetics Rajnish Mishra Steven M. Powell Introduction General Epidemiology Gastric carcinoma remains one of the world’s most common cancers and a leading cause of cancer…

Gastric Cancer: Epidemiology, Screening, Surveillance, and Prevention Rene Lambert Donald M. Parkin Incidence Survival and Mortality from Gastric Cancer Despite a declining incidence, stomach cancer is still one of the…

Esophageal Cancer: Clinical Management J. Rüdiger Siewert Michael Molls Frank Zimmermann Florian Lordick In contrast to gastric cancer incidence, which is decreasing worldwide, the incidence and prevalence of esophageal carcinoma…

Esophageal Cancer: Anatomy and Staging Richard P.M. Koehler Frank C. Detterbeck David A. Dean The surgical treatment of esophageal cancer requires today’s surgeons to not only have a thorough knowledge…

Esophageal Cancer: Pathology Susan C. Abraham Tsung-Teh Wu Esophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. In 2005, it is estimated that there will be approximately 14,000 new…