COLORECTAL CARCINOMA AND TUMORS OF THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX -- Series Overview -- Contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Embryology, Anatomy, and Normal Histology of the Colorectum and Appendix -- Epidemiology of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma -- Screening and Surveillance for Prevention of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Cancer Precursors: Colorectal Polyps and Chronic Colitis -- Epithelial Polyps and Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Related Dysplasia -- Hamartomatous Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes -- Pathologic Features of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Handling of Colorectal Cancer Resection Specimens -- Morphologic Classification of Colorectal Epithelial Tumors -- Pathologic Staging Issues: Implementation of the TNM Staging System -- Prognostically Important Features of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Differential Diagnosis of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Molecular Pathology of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Molecular Mechanisms of Colorectal Carcinogenesis -- Practical Issues Related to Ancillary Testing of Colorectal Carcinoma -- MicroRNA Expression in Colonic Adenocarcinoma -- Noninvasive Biomarkers and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer -- Advances in the Management of Colorectal Carcinoma -- Emerging Endoscopic Techniques in the Management of IBD-related Neoplasia -- Targeted Therapies for the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Carcinoma -- Surgical Management of Stage IV Colorectal Cancer -- Neoplasms of the Vermiform Appendix -- Endocrine Cell (Carcinoid) Tumors of the Vermiform Appendix -- Appendiceal Mucinous Neoplasms and Pseudomyxoma Peritonei -- Nonmucinous Epithelial Tumors of the Appendix -- Index.