Digestive Oncology

Digestive oncology

Digestive oncology is a specialty involving doctors skilled in the diagnosis, treatment and management of all cancers of the digestive system.

What is digestive oncology?

Digestive oncology is a specialty involving doctors skilled in the diagnosis, treatment and management of all cancers of the digestive system.

Cancers of the digestive system include:

  • Colon and rectal cancers
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Stomach cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
  • Neuroendocrine tumors

The management of digestive cancers requires a multidisciplinary approach involving gastroenterologists, digestive surgeons, radiologists, pathologists and radiation oncologists.