Cancer of the digestive system, which includes the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and gall bladder, represents a major cause of cancer mor bidity and mortality worldwide. In the year 2000, these malignancies were responsible for 30% of all cancers and 36% of all cancer-associated deaths (Parkin DM, Bray Fl, Devesa SS, Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. Eur J Cancer 2001; 37: S4-66). This book provides a concise, but more than adequate overview of these malignancies and their premalignant states. It gives updated in formation on etiology - whether genetic or environmental, pathology, clinical features and treatments. It also gives information on screening, prevention and chemoprevention, where available. Understanding these latter features are of prime importance as we clinicians are moving from treatment of endstage disease, to prevention, chemoprevention and early diagnosis in order to reduce the cancer burden, to try and delay or at least modulate its manifestations and cure it by diagnosing in the earli est and curable stage.

I Esophagus

1 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus
2 Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus
3 Other Tumors of the Esophagus
II Stomach
4 Gastric Cancer
5 Lymphoma of the Stomach
6 Gastric Tumors Other than Adenocarcinoma and Lymphoma
III Small Intestine
7 Neoplasms of the Small Intestine
IV Colon and Rectum
8 Colorectal Cancer
9 Sporadic Adenomas of the Large Intestine
10 Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes
11 Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome)
12 Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
V Anal Canal
13 Anal Carcinoma
VI Pancreas
14 Neoplastic Lesions of the Pancreas
VII Neuroendocrine Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Tumors
15 Neuroendocrine Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic (GEP) Tumors
VIII Biliary System and Papilla of Vater
16 Carcinoma of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
17 Benign Tumors of the Biliary System
18 Malignant Tumors of the Ampulla of Vater
IX Liver
19 Hepatocellular Carcinoma
20 Colorectal Liver Metastases
21 Liver Metastases of Noncolorectal Cancer
22 Benign Liver Tumors
X Appendix
23 Supportive Care of Patients with Gastrointestinal and Liver Tumors
XI Addendum.