Digestive system cancers
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Bowel cancer - Cancer Pathways
Call Bowel Cancer Australia on 1800 555 494 for information about bowel cancer or to speak to specialised bowel cancer nurses or visit www.bowelcanceraustralia.org
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Pancreatic cancer fact sheet | Cancer Australia
An overview of pancreatic cancer including types, symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and finding support.
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Pancreatic Cancer - Information, Treatment & Support - CanTeen
Pancreatic cancer is an uncommon condition that usually affects older people. Learn more about causes, diagnosis and treatments with CanTeen.
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Liver Cancer - Information, Treatment & Support - CanTeen
The liver is the largest organ in the body and cancers of this organ develop into carcinomas. Learn more about causes and treatments of liver cancer with CanTeen.
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Bowel Cancer (Staging)
Most bowel cancers develop in the large bowel (colon) or rectum. The cancer usually develops from tiny growths called polyps, however, only a small number of polyps become cancerous.
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Bowel cancer - myDr.com.au
Bowel cancer - the second most common type of cancer affecting both men and women in Australia - is cancer that starts in the large bowel (colon) or rectum.
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Bowel cancer screening and prevention | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government
Changes to your bowels can indicate a number of health conditions including cancer. If you notice changes to your regular bowel habits, especially if you notice blood in your stools you should consult your doctor. Under the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Australians turning 50, 55, 60 or 65 will be automatically offered a free bowel cancer screening kit to help detect any abnormalities early so that further investigation or treatment can occur.
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National Bowel Cancer Screening Register
A record of your results if you have been tested for bowel cancer as part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening program.
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National Bowel Cancer Screening Register
A record of your results if you have been tested for bowel cancer as part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening program.
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Bowel Cancer - Information, Treatment & Support - CanTeen
Bowel cancer, or colorectal cancer, is the second most common cancer in both men and women. Learn more about causes, diagnosis and treatments with CanTeen.
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Surgery for resolving symptoms associated with malignant bowel obstruction in advanced gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancers | Cochrane
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Endoscopic mucosal resection for early stomach cancer | Cochrane
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Drain after gastrectomy for gastric cancer | Cochrane
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Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
Home IMAGING PATHWAYS Gastrointestinal Pancreatic and Biliary System Pancreatic Cancer (Suspected and Staging)
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Colorectal Cancer (Suspected)
This pathway provides guidance on the investigation of patients with symptoms and / or signs of suspected colorectal cancer.
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Colorectal Cancer (Staging)
This pathway provides guidance on imaging patients with proven colorectal cancer, indicating how imaging helps determine management.
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Omentoplasty for oesophagogastrostomy after oesophagectomy | Cochrane
Oesophagectomy followed by oesophagogastrostomy, in which an anastomosis between the residual oesophagus and the stomach substitute is made, remains the standard surgery for patients with oesophageal cancer. Whichever surgical procedure is chosen, that is, transthoracic oesophagectomy (TTE) with direct visualisation of the thoracic oesophagus or transhiatal oesophagectomy (THE) with avoidance of a thoracic incision, postoperative anastomotic leakage causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Omentoplasty, in which the omentum is used to wrap the anastomosis, has been recommended by some researchers to prevent postoperative anastomotic leakageone of the most serious complications of oesophagectomy followed by oesophagogastrostomy for patients with oesophageal cancer. This updated systematic review, including 633 participants in three randomised controlled trials, suggests that omentoplasty could reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage and the duration of hospital stay after operation. Although the difference in anastomotic leakage was significant only among patients undergoing THE, the risk ratios of omentoplasty for THE and TTE were similar. In addition, omentoplasty does not appear to increase or decrease hospital mortality nor the incidence of postoperative complications, such as anastomotic stricture, pulmonary and cardiac complications, infection, vocal cord palsy and perijejunostomy leakage. Additional clinical trials are needed to investigate the influences of omentoplasty on the incidence of anastomotic leakage and anastomotic stricture, long-term survival, duration of hospital stay and quality of life after oesophagectomy and oesophagogastrostomy when different surgical approaches are used.
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Daily intake of 1 gr dietary calcium may have moderate protective effect on development of colorectal adenomatous polyps | Cochrane
Daily intake of 1 gr dietary calcium may have moderate protective effect on development of colorectal adenomatous polyps
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Effect of molecular-targeted therapy on the progress and survival of people in the late stages of stomach cancer | Cochrane
Effect of molecular-targeted therapy on the progress and survival of people in the late stages of stomach cancer
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Screening for oesophageal cancer | Cochrane
Oesophageal cancer is a common cause of cancer related death in the world. The prognosis in the advanced stages is unfavourable, but the early oesophageal cancers are asymptomatic and curable, and usually go undetected until they have spread beyond the oesophageal wall. Endoscopy with iodine staining or cytologic examination are two common screening tests for early oesophageal cancer. These screening tests were started in the 1970s, but the true benefit is inconsistent and is uncertain due to lead-time bias, which is the amount of time by which the diagnosis is advanced by the screening procedure; and length-time bias, where screening is more likely to detect slow-growing disease rather than altering the person's duration of life. This review intended to determine the efficacy of the two screening tests for oesophageal cancer. We identified 3482 studies but none were RCTs of screening. Several non-comparative studies showed that the screening tests may increase the incidence of reported oesophageal cancer and improve the survival results after a screening test, but these results could indicate bias rather than a true causative effect. Therefore, there is a strong need for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), especially long-term RCTs, to determine the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and any adverse effects of screening for oesophageal cancer.
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