Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer , Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018

This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of current and new therapies in treating pancreatic cancer. In addition to discussing the current landscape for treating various stages of pancreatic cancer, the text highlights several standard and emerging approaches, with a particular emphasis on novel endoscopic, surgical, chemotherapeutic, radiotherapeutic, targeted, and immunotherapeutic strategies. The volume also features concepts on the potential economic effects associated with the development and implementation of new treatments in pancreatic cancer.

 

Written by experts from a variety of integrative disciplines, Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer is a valuable resource for oncologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons, and other professionals who treat and manage patients with pancreatic cancer.  

Chapter 1 Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors

Mahender Yellu, Chandana Kamireddy, Olugbenga O. Olowokure

Chapter 2 Anatomy of the Pancreas and Biliary Tree

Constantinos P. Zambirinis, Peter J. Allen

Chapter 3 Pathology: Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Disease and Molecular Genetics

Wei Chen, Ming Jin, Wendy L. Frankel

Chapter 4 Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Who to Screen and How to Follow-up?

Phil A. Hart, Peter P. Stanich, Heather Hampel

Chapter 5 Staging and Prognostic Implications

Amit Mahipal, Richard Kim

Chapter 6 Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer

Maria Diab, Philip A. Philip

Chapter 7 Imaging of Pancreatic Malignancies

Ferenc Czeyda-Pommersheim, Bobby Kalb, Diego Martin 

Chapter 8 Advan

James J. Farrell

Chapter 9 How to Treat Resectable Disease

Mary Dillhoff, Mark Bloomston

Chapter 10 The Management of Locally Advanced Non-Metastatic Pancreas Cancer

Brent T. Xia, Young Kim, Syed A. Ahmad

Chapter 11 Cytotoxic Therapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

Namrata Vijayvergia, Steven J. Cohen

Chapter 12 Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer

Walid Shaib, Bassel El-Rayes

Chapter 13 Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment

Julia Carnevale, Andrew H. Ko

Chapter 14 Synthetic Lethality: Achilles Heel in Select Patient Subpopulations

Min Yuen Teo, Eileen M. O’Reilly

Chapter 15 Immune Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer

Mohamad Bassam Sonbol, Mitesh J. Borad

Chapter 16 Vaccine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Benjamin A. Weinberg, Michael J. Pishvaian

Chapter 17 Virotherapies in Pancreatic Cancer

Daniel H. Ahn, Ramesh Ramanathan

Chapter 18 Novel Radiotherapy Modalities

Lauren M. Rosati, Shalini Moning, Lauren Colbert, Sweet Ping Ng, Joseph M. Herman 

Chapter 19 The Role for Palliative Surgical Interventions in Pancreatic Cancer

Alexandra G. Lopez-Aguiar, Shishir K. Maithel

Chapter 20 Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer: Do They Provide Value?

Astrid Belalcazar, Olatunji B. Alese

Bassel El-Rayes, MD

Director, GI Oncology Program, Associate Cancer Center Director for Clinical Research, Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA