**Meet the editor**

Dr. Marco Bustamante is a staff member of the Endoscopy Unit of the University Hospital La Fe, a tertiary referral center in Valencia (Spain). Devoted to endoscopy since the end of his fellowship, his main interests are the use of endoscopy to early detection of neoplastic lesions and the utility of endoscopic resection techniques as an alternative to surgery as a treatment for early cancers

of the gastrointestinal tract. He has published several studies on the use of imaging enhancing technologies to improve detection and diagnosis of colon adenomas mainly with the use of chromoendoscopy and narrow band imaging.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Chapter 1 **Colorectal Cancer 3**

**Experience 71**

**and Beyond 93**

**Prognosis 123**

**Colorectal Tumours 95**

Carol Julyssa Cobián Malaver

Josef M. Taylor and Kenneth B. Hosie

**Section 1 Overview of Colorectal Cancer. Implementation of Colorectal**

Anjali Mone, Robert Mocharla, Allison Avery and Fritz Francois

**Analysis (DEA) for Colorectal Cancer Screening — Italian**

Alberto Vannelli, Michel Zanardo, Valerio Basilico, Baldovino Griffa, Fabrizio Rossi, Massimo Buongiorno, Luigi Battaglia, Vincenzo

Kouklakis S. Georgios and Asimenia D. Bampali

Chapter 3 **The Future of Colonoscopy: The Use of Data Envelopment**

Chapter 2 **Issues in Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy 25**

Pruiti, Sara De Dosso and Giulio Capriata

**Section 2 Managing Precursor Lesions: Resection Techniques**

Chapter 4 **Evolution and Strategy of Endoscopic Treatment for**

Chapter 5 **Malignant Colorectal Polyps: Diagnosis, Treatment and**

Koh Z.L. Sharon, H. Yamamoto and Tsang B.S. Charles

Chapter 6 **The Malignant Polyp: Polypectomy or Surgical Resection? 141**

Luis Bujanda Fernández de Piérola, Joaquin Cubiella Fernández, Fernando Múgica Aguinaga, Lander Hijona Muruamendiaraz and

**Cancer Screening Programs 1**
