Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus has a lower incidence than other gastrointestinal tract cancer; however, there are many difficult issued related to the choice of appropriate therapy for these patients. In recent years, the use of multimodal treat
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Giovanni de Manzoni (Ed.)
Treatment of Esophageal and Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma In collaboration with Simone Giacopuzzi Andrea Zanoni
Forewords by Gianluigi Melotti Claudio Cordiano
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Editor Giovanni de Manzoni Dept. of Surgery Upper G.I. Surgery Division University of Verona Verona, Italy In collaboration with Simone Giacopuzzi Andrea Zanoni
The publication and the distribution of this volume have been supported by the Italian Society of Surgery
ISBN 978-88-470-2329-1
ISBN 978-88-470-2330-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2330-7 Springer Milan Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011934376 © Springer-Verlag V Italia 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Italian Copyright Law in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the Italian Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover design: Simona Colombo, Milan, Italy Typesetting: Graphostudio, Milan, Italy Printing and binding: Arti Grafiche Nidasio S.r.l., Assago, Italy Printed in Italy Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l. – Via Decembrio 28 – I-20137 Milan Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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To my teacher Prof. Cordiano to whom I owe most of my knowledge about esophageal cancerr
Foreword
What each of us, as surgeons, would like to have available at our fingertips is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art answer to any pathology we expect to be confronted with. Now, in this remarkable work by Giovanni de Manzoni on squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus and hypopharynx, our wishes, at leastt in terms of these pathologies, have come true. Instructive texts are, almost by definition, never produced casually, especially those addressing surgical issues. Indeed, the order, clarity, accuracy, and exhaustiveness of this work reveal the author’s many years of experience, developed at the prestigious School of Verona led by Claudio Cordiano. This is not a textbook on surgical technique: nowadays, educational cartoons, drawings, and photographs have become nearly obsolete given all the readily available, top-quality visual aids we have quickly gro
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