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Is there some basic information
on how the gastrointestinal system works?
Your
Digestive System and How it Works
– National Institutes of Health
(NIH)
What are some of the signs and
symptoms of gastrointestinal cancers?
Bleeding
in the Digestive Tract – NIH
What are some of the tests that are used
to help diagnose gastrointestinal cancer?
Information
for Our Patients – Massachusetts
General Hospital Gastroenterology Department
Tumor
Markers – National Cancer Institute
(NCI)
Diagnostic
Laparoscopy - Society of American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
Flexible
Sigmoidoscopy - NIH
Colonoscopy
- NIH
Upper
Endoscopy - NIH
Upper
GI Series - NIH
Lower
GI Series - NIDKK
ERCP
(Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- NIDKK
My doctor mentioned the diffuse
neuroendocrine system. Can you explain
this? What does this have to do with GI
(Gastrointestinal) Carcinoid tumors?
What
are gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors
– American Cancer Society
I was just diagnosed with a GI
Carcinoid tumor. Do you have some basic
information that I can read?
Carcinoid
Tumor Fact Sheet – CancerBACUP
Can you explain Carcinoid Syndrome
and Carcinoid Crisis?
Carcinoid
Syndrome – Medline Plus
Where is the first place I should
look for treatment information?
Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors: Treatment
– NCI/PDQ®
How is surgery used to treat GI
Carcinoid tumors?
Surgery
– American Cancer Society
My GI carcinoid tumor has spread
to other parts of my body. My doctor recommended
chemotherapy. What can you tell me about
this?
Medical
Treatments – American Cancer
Society
Where can I find clinical trials
on GI Carcinoid Tumors?
Carcinoid
Clinical Trials – Clinicaltrials.gov
My carcinoid tumor has spread
to my liver (metastases). Do you have
any information on this?
Overview:
Metastatic Cancer
Questions
and Answers about Metastatic Cancer
- NCI
Do you have a list of websites,
books, and other resources on gastrointestinal
carcinoid tumors?
Information Finder
on Gastrointestinal Cancers
Revised 2007
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only. We are not responsible for the content
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