CURRENT AND EMERGING THERAPIES IN PANCREATIC CANCER

1. Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors
2. Anatomy of the Pancreas and Biliary Tree
3. Pathology: Premalignant and Malignant Diseases and Molecular Genetics
4. Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Who to Screen and How to Follow-Up?
5. Staging and Prognostic Implications
6. Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer
7. Imaging of Pancreatic Malignancies
8. Advanced Endoscopic Procedures
9. How to Treat Resectable Disease
10. The Management of Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Pancreas Cancer
11. Cytotoxic Therapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed
12. Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer
13. Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment
14. Synthetic Lethality: Achilles Heel in Select Patient Subpopulations
15. Immunotherapies in Pancreatic Cancer
16. Vaccine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
17. Virotherapies in Pancreatic Cancer
18. Novel Radiotherapy Modalities
19. The Role for Palliative Surgical Interventions in Pancreatic Cancer
20. Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer: Do They Provide Value?

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.

Features
• Highlights the standard and emerging therapies in treating pancreatic cancer
• Introduces new concepts regarding the economic effects associated with implementing new pancreatic cancer treatments
• Written by experts from a variety of integrative disciplines

Authors
• Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, FACPMayo Clinic Cancer Center, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
• Bassel El-Rayes, MDDirector, GI Oncology Program, Associate Cancer Center Director for Clinical Research, Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA