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  Gastrointestinal cancer is a common type of cancer that affects males and females all over the world. The GI (Gastrointestinal) tract is 7.62 meters pathway which extends from mouth to anus. Everything you eat by mouth passes by the esophagus and gets processed in the stomach and small intestines to absorb nutrients. Ultimately, the waste is removed from your body by the colon and rectum.  TYPES  Anal cancer Bile duct cancer Colon cancer Oesophageal cancer Gallbladder cancer Gastrointestinal stromal tumors Pancreatic cancer Rectal cancer Stomach cancer Small intesti n e cancer Liver Cancer SYMPTOMS Pain in stomach Alteration in bowel habits, including a shift in frequency, consistency, or shape Reduced appetite Nausea/vomiting Unintentional loss of weight Fatigue Blood in stool Bloating  If you have any of the mentioned symptoms and discomforts, then you need to consult a good oncologist. The oncologist can help you to understand the situation of the disease and a...

  Gastrointestinal cancer refers to the cancer in the digestive tract organs such as the stomach, large and small intestine, pancreas, colon, liver, rectum, anus and biliary system.  Having a diet that is high on salty and smoked foods, low in fruits and vegetables can increase your risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer. Family history of stomach cancer or infection with helicobacter pylori can also increase the risk.  The first symptoms of GI cancer can be: Nausea and/or vomiting Pain in the abdominal area Diarrhea Constipation Bloating Bleeding Incontinence and difficulty swallowing. 14/09/22 GYNAECOLOGIC CANCER Gynecologic cancer is cancer that originates in the female reproductive organs. Cancer is always named after the part of the body where it begins. Gynecologic cancers arise in different places in the female pelvis. The pelvis is the area below the stomach and between the hip bones. Types of Gynecologic Cancer Cervical cancer begins in the cervix, which is ...

  Balloon valvotomy is a non-surgery achieved withinside the cardiac catheterization laboratory via means of a heart specialist and a specialized group of nurses and technicians. Long, narrow tubes referred to as catheters are first located in blood vessels withinside the groin and guided into the chambers of the heart. The heart specialist then creates a tiny hollow withinside the wall among the higher chambers of the heart. This hollow affords a gap for the heart specialist to get entry to the left atrium with a unique catheter that has a balloon on the tip. The catheter is placed so the balloon tip is at once withinside the narrowed valve. The balloon is inflated and deflated in numerous instances to widen the valve opening. Once the heart specialist has decided that the outlet of the valve has been widened enough, the balloon is deflated and removed. Balloon Valvotomy (BMV) is used to boom the outlet of a narrowed or stenotic valve. It can assist sufferers who've mitral valve...

  Cancer surgery is an operation or procedure to take out a tumor and possibly some nearby tissue. It is the oldest kind of cancer treatment, and it still works well to treat many types of cancer today. A doctor who specializes in cancer surgery is called a “surgical oncologist”. Surgery can be performed in a doctor's office, clinic, surgery center, or hosalivaal. Where you go depends on the type of surgery and how much time you need to heal. Your surgery may require medication to block the awareness of pain, called anesthesia. There are different types of anesthesia depending on the type and extent of the surgery. What are the various sorts of Cancer Procedures? surgery should be possible for the overwhelming majority of various reasons in an individual's malignant growth care. Diagnosis: A biopsy is the principal method for diagnosing many sorts of disease. There are various types of biopsies. For certain kinds, your primary care physician will make a little sliced in the sk...

  Performed by a neurosurgeon, involving a physician anesthesiologist with extensive knowledge in the field, brain surgery is used to treat a variety of conditions such as tumors, blood clots, aneurysms, epilepsy and parkinson's disease.  An extensive knowledge about the types of anesthesia, monitoring and post-operative care is required for these operations, since it happens to be quite sensitive. In some cases, these physician anesthesiologists will be neuro anesthesiologists who have received advanced clinical training in anesthesia for brain and spinal surgeries.  According to information by the National Cancer Institute, some of the most common operations involving brain or areas around it include- Craniotomy : A piece of skull is removed by the doctors to get access to the brain for the removal of brain tumor, abnormal tissue, blood or blood clots; or to relieve pressure after an injury or stroke, repair a brain aneurysm or skull fractures, so on and so forth. The ...

  How do targeted therapies for cancer work?  Most types of targeted therapies help treat cancer by blocking specific proteins that help tumors grow and spread throughout the body. This differs from chemotherapy, which often kills rapidly growing and dividing cells. Below we discuss different possibilities for targeted therapy in the treatment of cancer. Helps the immune system destroy cancer cells.  One reason cancer cells proliferate is because they can hide from the immune system. Certain targeted therapies can mark cancer cells so that the immune system can find and destroy them more easily. Other targeted therapies help strengthen the immune system and fight cancer better. Stops signals that help form blood vessels.  For a tumor to grow beyond a certain size, it must form new blood vessels in a process called angiogenesis. Tumors send signals to initiate angiogenesis. Some targeted therapies, called angiogenesis inhibitors, interfere with these signals to preven...

  IMRT is a treatment method that damages cancerous cells with a high range of energy radiation. Radiation therapy is an advanced method of upgrading the level of radiotherapy that uses computer technology and linear accelerators to provide precise radiation doses to a malignant tumor and specific areas around the tumor. IMRT allows patients with cancer to get higher and effective doses of radiation while controlling damage to the healthy cells and organs around the tumor. BENEFITS IMRT delivers a high amount of radiation to effectively kill or shrinkage the cancerous cells around the tumor regardless of size, shape, and location, it helps to cure quickly. IMRT uses computer-generated images to plan and deliver tightly focused beams, sparing and adjacent normal cells, and reduce side effects. It offers the benefit of radiation therapy to a huge number of patients, including those people who have a critical tumor in the body.  SIDE EFFECTS The effects can be seen after the trea...