Health and Medical Guide to Digestive System Intestinal Cancer Health information topics about Intestinal Cancer: Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. How Are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Diagnosed? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Are_Gastrointestin... 2. How Are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Staged? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Are_Gastrointestin... 3. Understanding Capsule Endoscopy American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/gea_und_cap_endo.cfm 4. Upper Endoscopy National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/upperendoscopy/ 5. Upper GI Series National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/uppergi/index.htm Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Cancer.gov Dictionary National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/ Disease Management 1. What Happens after Treatment for Gastrointestinal American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_5x_What_Happens_After_Tre... Genetics 1. Do We Know What Causes Gastrointestinal Stromal Tu American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2x_Do_We_Know_What_Causes... National Institutes of Health 1. Small Intestine Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/smallintestine/patient/ Organizations 1. American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/ 2. National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/ Overviews 1. What Are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_What_Are_Gastrointesti... 2. Small Intestine Cancer Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1400/1446.asp?index=... Prevention/Screening 1. Can Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Be Prevented? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2x_Can_Gastrointestinal_S... 2. What Are the Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Str American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2x_What_Are_the_Risk_Fact... Research 1. Whatâ??s New in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tum American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_6x_Whats_New_in_Gastroint... Statistics 1. What Are the Key Statistics about Gastrointestinal American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1x_What_Are_the_Key_Stati... Treatment 1. Treatment of GIST Metastases American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4x_Treatment_of_GIST_Meta... 2. What Should You Ask Your Doctor about GIST? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_5x_What_Should_You_Ask_Yo...   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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