Edited by Harold J. Wanebo. 608 pp., illustrated. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1993. $85. ISBN 0-8016-6554-X.
This is an excellent book. It is aimed at the clinical oncologist,but since the editor is a surgeon, there is a bias toward surgicaltreatment. This is no bad thing, because most colorectal cancersare first treated surgically. The book is not only about surgery,however; it is a truly comprehensive discussion of the problemof colorectal cancer from a meeting on the subject in Newport,Rhode Island, in 1990. However, one does not get the impression,so common in publications prepared after a meeting, of tiredcontributors sending in just enough to keep the editor satisfied.Many sections . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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