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Digestive System Cancers
Follow the links below to find information on digestive system cancers.
For information on bowel, liver, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers, follow the links below to those specific topic pages.
Reviewed December 2011
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Links to overview information about bowel cancer, and specific topic pages covering prevention, treatment and risk factors for bowel cancer.
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Links to information on liver cancer, including risk factors and treatments.
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Links to information about pancreatic cancer.
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| Title: | Cereals and wholegrain foods |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Cereals and wholegrain foods can reduce the risk of developing certain diseases including coronary heart disease, colon cancer, diabetes and diverticular disease. Common cereal foods include bread, breakfast cereals and pasta. |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Abdominal drainage versus no drainage post gastrectomy for gastric cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Gastrectomy remains the primary therapeutic method for resectable gastric cancer. It is believed that abdominal drains can help in the earlier detection and drainage of anastomotic fistula, and the prevention of intra-abdominal abscesses.There is no con... |
| Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Title: | Cancer of the bile duct (cholangiocarcinoma biliary cancer) |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma or cancer of the bile duct. |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Gall bladder cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | The gall bladder is a bag, like the bladder, which stores bile from the liver before it is passed into the small bowel for digestion. |
| Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Title: | Bile duct cancer |
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| Publisher: | The Cancer Council Victoria |
| Description: | Bile duct cancer is rare and occurs in one of three different parts of the bile duct, each causing differing symptoms. |
| Date: | Mar 2007 |
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