Articles tagged with 'GI Cancer' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Gastrointestinal cancers were once diagnosed primarily by location. A tumor in the liver was liver cancer, while one in the pancreas was pancreatic. The few chemotherapy treatments available affected the entire patient—sometimes causing difficult …

There are no ifs, ands or “butts” about it: March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and a timely reminder to get screened for one of the deadliest—and most preventable—cancers.Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer death for men …

Maxine Aubry, a paragon of health for most of her 81 years, was shocked by the back-to-back cancer diagnoses she received last summer.“I was devastated,” said Aubry, who lives in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. “I had no real warning …