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Edited by Harold J. Wanebo. 864 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1997. $175. ISBN 0-397-51518-9.

Gastrointestinal cancers are extremely common worldwide, and for most of them, surgical excision remains the main potentially curative treatment. The emphasis of this book is thus on surgical therapy, although adjunctive radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and endoscopy receive adequate attention. The book has six sections. The first addresses the biology of gastrointestinal malignant processes, and the following sections discuss esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, and colorectal cancers. Cancers of the small intestine, such as lymphomas and carcinoids, are discussed only briefly; there is no chapter devoted solely to this part of the gastrointestinal tract. One of the strengths of this book is the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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