Digestive system cancer

Introduction: Digestive system cancer

Cancer that occurs in any part of the digestive system. The digestive system involves the tube from the mouth to the rectum (esophagus, stomach, intestines) as well as various organs the are connected to this tube such as the liver and pancreas.

Symptoms of Digestive system cancer

• Diarrhoea
• Constipation
• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Bleeding

See full list of 7 symptoms of Digestive system cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Digestive system cancer:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Digestive system cancer

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Digestive system cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Digestive system cancer

Misdiagnosis and Digestive system 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, irritable bowel syndrome, is...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 digestive system contains a variety of "good"...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" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the...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 over-diagnosed (it...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 malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases....read more »

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Causes of Digestive system cancer

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Prognosis for Digestive system cancer

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Reseach about Digestive system cancer

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Clinical Trials for Digestive system cancer

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Digestive system cancer include:

• Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Under Real Time MRI Guidance for Minimal Invasive Treatment of Liver Metastasis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Women's Health Initiative (WHI) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - hormone replacement therapy,estrogens,progestins,estrogen replacement therapy,calcium,vitamin D
• Chemoprevention of Anal Neoplasia Arising Secondary to Anogenital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Persons With HIV Infection. - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Isotretinoin,Interferon alfa-2a
• Combination Chemotherapy in Patients With Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Tumors of the Pancreas - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• The Use of Oral Omeprazole and Intravenous Pantoprazole in Patients With Hypersecretion of Gastric Acid - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Pantoprazole,Omeprazole

See full list of 1560 Clinical Trials for Digestive system cancer

Statistics for Digestive system cancer

• Medical statistics for Digestive system cancer
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Digestive system cancer
• Death and Mortality statistics for Digestive system cancer
• Society statistics for Digestive system cancer

Types of Digestive system cancer

• Stomach cancer
• Esophagus cancer
• Small intestine cancer
• Colon cancer
• Colorectal cancer

See full list of 8 Types of Digestive system cancer

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