Overview: Comprehensive information on the multidisciplinary approach to the gastrointestinal cancer patient.Clearly structured reference book.International standard through US-American and European editorship.Cancer of the digestive system, which includes the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and gall bladder, represents a major cause of cancer mor bidity and mortality worldwide. In the year 2000, these malignancies were responsible for 30% of all cancers and 36% of all cancer-associated deaths (Parkin DM, Bray Fl, Devesa SS, Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. Eur J Ca
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