Intro; Preface; Contents; 1: Colorectal Cancer Research: A State of the Art; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Colorectal Cancer Research: A State of the Art; 1.2.1 Advances in Colorectal Cancer Research; 1.2.2 Critical Issues and Research Gaps in Colorectal Cancer Research; 1.3 Colorectal Cancer Surgery; 1.3.1 Milestones in Colorectal Cancer Surgery; 1.3.2 The Body of Evidence in Emergency Colorectal Cancer Surgery; 1.4 Conclusion: Being an Emergency Colorectal Surgeon; References; 2: Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer: Incidence, Survival, and Risk Factors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Incidence

2.3 Survival2.4 Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer; 2.4.1 Environmental Risk Factors; 2.4.2 Personal or Familial History of Adenoma or Colorectal Cancer; 2.4.3 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease; 2.4.4 Genetic Mutation; 2.5 Emergency Presentation with Colorectal Cancer: Frequency and Risk Factors; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3: Socioeconomic Impact of Emergency Therapies for Colorectal Cancer; 3.1 Global Socioeconomic Considerations; 3.2 Surgical and Long-Term Costs for Healthcare Systems; 3.2.1 Types of Costs; 3.2.2 Surgical Costs

3.2.3 Long-Term Costs3.2.4 Reducing the Burden of Emergency Therapies for CRC; 3.3 Quality of Life After Emergency Therapies for CRC; 3.3.1 Assessing the Quality of Life After CRC Emergency Surgery; 3.3.2 Recovery After Colorectal Emergency Surgery; 3.3.3 Impact of Stoma Formation; 3.3.3.1 Early Complications; 3.3.3.2 Late Complications; 3.3.3.3 Quality of Life in Ostomy Patients; References; 4: Acute Care and Surgical Risk Assessment; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Acute Care and Emergency Assessment; 4.2.1 Clinical Assessment; 4.2.2 Type of Acute Presentation; 4.2.3 Staging

4.2.4 Patient-Related Factors4.2.5 Comorbidity; 4.2.6 Medications; 4.2.7 Cognitive Function; 4.2.8 Preoperative Stabilization; 4.3 Surgical Risk Assessment; References; 5: Complicated Colorectal Cancer: Role of Imaging; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Obstruction; 5.3 Perforation; 5.4 Infection; 5.5 Hemorrhage; 5.6 Preoperative Workup of Complicated Colorectal Cancer; References; 6: Principles of Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Emergency; 6.1 Bleeding Colorectal Cancer; 6.1.1 Clinical Management; 6.1.2 Aim and Timing of Colonoscopy; 6.2 Obstructive Colorectal Cancer

6.2.1 Clinical Management6.2.2 Endoscopic Treatment of Colonic Obstruction; 6.2.3 Self-Expanding Metallic Stents (SEMS); References; 7: Management of Colonoscopy Complications; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Miscellaneous of Cardiopulmonary Adverse Events After Colonoscopy; 7.3 Perforation; 7.3.1 Mechanism; 7.3.2 Incidence; 7.3.3 Diagnosis; 7.3.4 Treatment; 7.4 Bleeding; 7.4.1 Mechanism and Incidence; 7.4.2 Treatment; 7.5 Unusual Complications; 7.6 Conclusions; References