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• GI Oncology

• Treatment Services
• Multidisciplinary Approach to Care
• Physicians and Staff
• Liver-Directed Therapies Program
• Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Program
• Trilogy Radiation Therapy
• Patient Education...
  • Cancer Overviews
  • Patient Success Stories
  • Useful Links
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    Related Resources
• Digestive Diseases Center
• Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program
• Clinical Trials
• Information for Patients

• Adrenocortical Carcinoma Treatment
• Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment
• Anal Cancer Treatment
• Childhood Liver Cancer Treatment
• Colon Cancer Treatment
• Colorectal Cancer Prevention
• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
• Gallbladder Cancer Treatment
• Gastric Cancer Treatment
• Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Treatment
• Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention
• Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening
• Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment
• Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
• Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (Islet Cell Tumors) Treatment
• Rectal Cancer Treatment
• Small Intestine Cancer Treatment
• Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening
• Stomach Cancer Prevention

Gastrointestinal (GI) Oncology

Patient and Family Education

The Greenebaum Cancer Center offers the following resources to help patients and their families cope with gatrointestinal oncology-related issues:

Cancer Overviews:

• Adrenocortical Carcinoma
• Adult Liver Cancer
• Anal Cancer
• Childhood Liver Cancer
• Colon Cancer
• Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Stomach Cancer

Audio Podcasts:

• Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Naimish Pandya
• Metastatic Liver Cancer - Dr. H. Richard Alexander
• Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. H. Richard Alexander

Videos:

• Pancreatic Cancer with Dr. Alexander - Dr. H. Richard Alexander (7 mins)
• Colorectal and Other GI Cancers - Dr. Nader Hanna (26 mins)
• Pancreatic Surgery - Dr. H. Richard Alexander (27 mins)

Understanding Your Biopsy Results
Fact sheets to help patients understand their biopsy pathology reports.

Patient Success Stories
Read stories from cancer patients and their families.

Medical Encyclopedia Articles:

• Colon and Rectal Cancers
• Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease

Useful Links
A list of outside websites with information about gastrointestinal cancers.

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General Cancer Information

We also offer the following resources that provide more general information on dealing with cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Audio/Videos on Cancer
Interviews with our cancer experts and cancer survivors.

Patient Handbook (PDF)
What you need to know when coming to UMGCC for cancer care.

Dealing with Symptoms and Side Effects of Treatment

Clinical Trials for Cancer
Everything you need to know about taking part in a clinical trial for cancer.

Patient Drug Information

Select... Carboplatic Carboplatin Paclitaxel Bevacizumab Gemcitabine Premetrexed Tarceva Ixabepilone Cisplatin Etoposide Hycamtin Doxorubicin Docetaxel Cytoxan 5fu Camptosar Liposomal Doxorubicin Leucovorin Rituximab Bortezimib Vincristine Revlimid Thalidomide Xeloda

(Source: UptoDate electronic information resource for clinicians and patients)

Patient-Friendly Oncology Web Sites

Dictionary of Cancer Terms

This page was last updated on: April 1, 2013.

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