Gastric Cardiac Cancer
- Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System West Roxbury Massachusetts USA Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
- 331 Pages
Includes References and Index
This book is intended to be used by physicians, patients, and translational research scientists as an easy-to-use practical guide when dealing with gastric cardiac cancer. Gastric cardiac cancer arises in cardiac mucosa located primarily in the proximal stomach and occasionally invading into the distal esophagus. In recent years, this poorly understood cancer has been the focus of intense investigation on mechanisms of pathogenesis, genomic profile, classification, diagnosis, prognosis, staging, and clinical management. As such, a growing body of high-quality evidence has been accumulated for better clinical management. It is time for a specialized, concise reference on this cancer for clinicians and patients alike. Because of uncertainty in tumorigenesis mechanisms, there are no universally accepted clinical practice guidelines on gastric cardiac cancer. The best clinical management strategy, we believe, is a multidisciplinary approach, including a team of healthcare subspecialists in gastroenterology, pathology, radiology, abdominal surgery, thoracic surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and palliative care. The pertinent essential information on gastric cardiac cancer in these medical fields is included in this book. The manner of presentation of the information in this book will, we hope, help the reader to quickly master the essential characteristics of this cancer as described and illustrated with numerous endoscopic, gross, and microscopic photographs, and drawings. We hope this book will facilitate efficient communication and the decision-making process by the multidisciplinary team for appropriate patient triage and treatment. A plain, simple language, without medical jargon, is utilized throughout the book so that patients and their family members and friends may find the materials presented understandable and useful when they face the challenge of this potentially fatal cancer.