Cancer
Cancers of the digestive tract can take many different forms, including various types and stages of cancers in the esophagus,
stomach, colon, or rectum. Our practice prides itself on being your first source of care for prevention, detection, diagnosis,
and collaboartive care for GI cancers.
We can evaluate, and advise on and treat, various conditions that increase risk of later developing cancers. We can also recognize
signs and symptoms of potentially cancerous conditions requring further study. We assist in identifying cancers, working with
Frankfords experienced radiologists. For example, in addition to the x-ray, CT, and MRI studies among others offered in the
radiology department – and that are often important to diagnosing digestive cancers – even more important to screening and
initial diagnosis are such procedures upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy, all offered by specialists in our division's
endoscopy and ambulatory services center.
For patients diagnosed with GI cancer, our specialists can continue to serve as a primary point of contact, helping to manage
and coordinate care, working to stage and develop a treatment plan, and answer questions and help patients find their way
though the cancer care system. They work closely with The Cancer Center at Frankford, an outstanding clinical resource for patients offering downtown cancer care right in your neighborhood. Our GI doctors collaborate
closely with Frankford’s skilled surgeons, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists to create a plan and help each patient
best find his or her way through the treatment phase of care.
Our specialists then continue to serve as your primary GI physicians, helping through recovery and long-term follow-up and
monitoring. Frankford gastroenterologists have a cooperative program with the Department of Gastroenterology at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital. Our staff may refer certain paitients with advanced tumors to the cancer program at Jefferson for specialized
or clinical trial treatments.
Among common cancers or cancer-related conditions for which our group offers care are:
GI specialists provides prevention and screening, and works closely with Frankford’s sections on surgical oncology, radiation
oncology, and medical oncology.
