RT Book, Section
A1 Saltz, Leonard B.
A2 Morita, Shane Y.
A2 Balch, Charles M.
A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne
A2 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A2 Posner, Mitchell C.
A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1145762620
T1 Adjuvant Therapy and Treatment of Systemic Disease for Colon Cancer
T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793315
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145762620
RD 2024/10/03
AB In  2014  an  estimated  96,830  new  cases  of  colon  cancer  were  diagnosed  in  the  United  States  alone  (National  Cancer  Institute:  http://www.cancer.gov/types/colorectal).  In  developed  countries,  colon  cancer  is  two  to  three  times  more  common  than  rectal  cancer,  while  in  rural  Asia  and  Africa  the  incidence  is  reversed.  Interestingly,  as  diets  Westernize  in  Asian  cities,  both  the  incidence  of  colorectal  cancer  in  general  and  the  relative  incidence  of  colon  versus  rectal  cancer  in  particular  increase.  Epidemiologic  studies  indicate  a  rising  proportion  of  right-sided  tumors  in  developed  countries  as  well.  This,  too,  is  likely  due  to  factors  associated  with  diet  and,  possibly,  environment.  This  chapter  reviews  the  most  current  information  on  the  systemic  treatment  of  colon  cancer.