By Maurizio Ponz de Leon. 303 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2002. $119. ISBN 3-540-43047-4.
The past three decades have witnessed substantial advances inour knowledge of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatmentof colorectal cancer. Despite these developments, colorectalcancer remains a considerable public health problem, with anestimated 150,000 new cases diagnosed in the United States yearly.There are still many challenges in the areas of screening, prevention,and treatment. This book offers an overview, from one author'sperspective, of the pathology and clinical features of colorectalcancer. Organized into 14 chapters, the book begins with a descriptionof the causes of colorectal cancer and continues with chaptersdevoted to pathogenesis, pathology, diagnosis and . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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