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Serious Medicine. Extraordinary Care.

Specific Cancers

Adrenal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Anal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bile Duct Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Bone Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Brain and Central Nervous Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Breast Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
  - Genetics and Breast Cancer
  - Male Breast Cancer
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Cervical Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Colorectal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Endometrial Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Esophageal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Ewing Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Eye Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Overview
- Treatment
Gallbladder Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Head and Neck Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Hodgkin Disease
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kaposi's Sarcoma
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Kidney Cancer
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Laryngeal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Acute Myelocytic (AML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Chemotherapy
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Leukemia - General
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
  - Other Treatments
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Liver Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Lung Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Malignant Mesothelioma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Multiple Myeloma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Oral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Other Cancers
Ovarian Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Genetics of Ovarian Cancer
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pancreatic Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Penile Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Pituitary Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Prostate Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Skin Cancer - Non-Melanoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Stomach Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Testicular Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thymus Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Thyroid Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Urethral Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Uterine Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vaginal Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Other Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Treatment Decisions
- Understanding Your Diagnosis
Vulvar Cancer
- Advanced Reading
- Cancer FAQs
- Deciding on Treatment
- Managing Side Effects
  - Chemotherapy Side Effects
  - Radiation Treatment Side Effects
- Overview
- Prevention and Screening
- Understanding Your Diagnosis

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Understanding Your Diagnosis

Can I Survive Esophageal Cancer? What Is My Prognosis?
Chest X-ray
A chest X-ray is used to examine the chest and the lungs and other organs and structures located in the chest.
Computed Tomography (CT or CAT) Scan of the Abdomen
A CT/CAT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, organs, and blood vessels. CT/CAT scans are more detailed than standard x-rays and are used to assess the organs and tissues for for injuries, abnormalities, or disease.
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a diagnostic procedure used to diagnose structural or functional abnormalities of the esophagus, stomach, and/or duodenum.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Detailed information on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including information on how the procedure is performed
Tests That Help Evaluate Esophageal Cancer
Understanding Your Stage of Esophageal Cancer
Upper Gastrointestinal Series
An upper gastrointestinal series (UGI) is an x-ray examination of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.