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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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Home Diagnostic Testing

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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)
  • Abdominal pain
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
  • Abdominal Pain
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
 

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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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Abdominal Cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Abdominal Cancer

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Abdominal Cancer: Rare Types

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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
  • more treatments...»

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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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