Gastrointestinal Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ajani, Jaffer A. (Editor), Lynch, Patrick M. (Editor), Janjan, Nora A. (Editor), Curley, Steven A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.

Gastrointestinal cancer includes cancer of the digestive system - the esophagus, colon, rectum, anus, liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs. Taken as a whole, there are an estimated 250,600 new cases in the US. Colon and rectum cancer is the third leading cause of cancer and cancer deaths in t...