Gastrointestinal cancer refers to cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, bowels, and anus. It includes: intestinal cancer (also called small intestine cancer, duodenal cancer, ileal cancer, or jejunal cancer), gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), esophageal cancer, stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer), liver cancer, gallbladder cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer (also called colon cancer, bowel cancer, or rectal cancer), and anal cancer. Bookmark this page to keep these WisdomCards at your fingertips.
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Living with It
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- Farrah Fawcett and Anal Cancer
- Farah Fawcett and Reality Special
- Study Predicts Large Increase in Cancer Cases
- Broccoli May Prevent Stomach Cancer
- Ron Silver Dies at 62 of Esophageal Cancer
- Cancer Survivors and Unemployment
- Author Michael Crichton Dies of Colon Cancer
- New Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines
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- Colon Cancer Patients Not Getting Follow-Up Care
- Journalist Leroy Sievers Passes Away From Cancer
- Obesity Raises Women's Pancreatic Cancer Risk
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- How Often Should One Have a Colonoscopy
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- Removal of Large Intestine
- Sedation During Colonoscopy
- Simple Vulvectomy
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- Two-Stage Colectomy
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Symptoms
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- Hand-Foot Syndrome
- Inflammation of Large Intestine
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