Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer includes all cancers in your digestive tract organs such as the stomach, large and small intestine, pancreas, colon, liver, rectum, anus, and biliary system.

Treatment options for gastrointestinal (GI) cancer depend on each patient’s type and stage of cancer, as well as the patient’s age, overall health, and preferences. At the Muller's Cancer Care Sion, Mumbai, we offer every GI cancer therapy available.

• Oesophago-Gastrectomy, Partial or Total Radical Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancers
• Whipple’s Procedure for Periampullary and Head Pancreas Cancers.
  Distal Pancreatectomy and Splenectomy for Tumours affecting the Body and Tail Pancreas
• Liver Resection for Hepatic or Biliary Cancers
• Colonic Resections (Right / Left Hemicolectomies)
• Anterior Resection and sphincter preservation with use of Staplers for Rectal Cancers, Abdomino-Perineal Resections for low rectal cancers.
• Resections of Abdominal Tumours like GI Stromal Tumours or GIST
• HIPEC for Peritoneal Cancers

Symptoms

In the early stages of GI cancer, you may have no symptoms. It is also nearly impossible to feel GI tumors as they develop.

As a result, GI cancers are often identified in screenings before any symptoms are experienced. Or they are diagnosed after they have advanced to the point of causing symptoms at a more serious stage.

When GI cancer is extensive enough to cause symptoms, they may include:

• Abdominal cramping or pain
• Bloody or very dark stool
• Changes in bowel habits, such as diarrhea, constipation, or changes in consistency or narrowing of the stool
• Difficulty swallowing
• Digestive problems
• Jaundice (yellowing of the eyes and skin)
• Nausea and vomiting
• Swelling in the abdomen
• Tiredness, weakness, weight loss, or loss of appetite

Causes

GI tract cancers begin when the cells lining one or more of the organs in the digestive tract mutate and begin to grow, producing tumors and sometimes spreading to the lymph nodes and other organs.

Health experts do not yet fully understand the cause of GI cancer. Still, cell damage increases the chance that abnormalities will appear, and that can come from infections, obesity, smoking, and some environmental risk factors.

Types

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer affects the organs of your digestive tract. GI cancers include:

• Anal cancer, colon cancer, and rectal cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Gallbladder cancer
• Liver cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Small intestine cancer
• Stomach cancer (gastric cancer)