Abdominal Cancer
Abdominal Cancer: Introduction
Abdominal Cancer: Growth of abnormal cells (tumour) affecting the organs in the abdominal cavity; may be due to primary growth of a tumour or spread from another tumour (metastases, secondary tumour).
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Abdominal Cancer is available below.
Symptoms of Abdominal Cancer
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symptoms of Abdominal Cancer
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Disease Topics Related To Abdominal Cancer
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Medical Textbooks Online about Abdominal Cancer
Medical Books Excerpts
- Abdominal Pain
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Abdominal pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Abdominal Pain
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Wrongly Diagnosed with Abdominal Cancer?
Abdominal Cancer: Medical Mistakes
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Abdominal Cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Abdominal Cancer
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed.
The best known,...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad"...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be...read more »
Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to
consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi.
See melanoma and spitz nevi....read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, ...read more »
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Hospitals & Clinics: Abdominal Cancer
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Causes of Abdominal Cancer
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Treatments for Abdominal Cancer
- Surgical treatment: may remove tumour, part of affected organ or all of affected organ; lymph nodes or associated/nearby structures may also be removed depending on the type of tumour
- Radiotherapy - in addition to or instead of surgery for localised tumours or to reduce symptoms
- Chemotherapy for malignant tumours and metastases
- Iron supplementation for tumours where blood is lost eg colorectal cancer
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News Archives for Abdominal Cancer
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Abdominal Cancer
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Types of Abdominal Cancer
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Types of Abdominal Cancer
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