ON THIS PAGE: You will read about how to cope with challenges in everyday life after being diagnosed with a cancerous tumor. Use the menu to see other pages.
The word “survivorship” is complicated because it means different things to different people. Common definitions include:
Having no signs of a tumor after finishing treatment.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about clinical trials, which are the main way that new medical approaches are studied to see how well they work. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some helpful links to other areas of Cancer.Net that provide information about medical care and treatment. This is the final page of Cancer.Net’s Guide to Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Gastrointestinal Tract (GI tract NET). Use the menu to go back and review other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will find some questions to ask your doctor or other members of the health care team, to help you better understand your diagnosis, treatment plan, and overall care. Use the menu to see other pages.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn more about coping with the physical, emotional, social, and financial effects of a neuroendocrine tumor of the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract NET) and its treatment. Use the menu to see other pages.
Every medical treatment can cause side effects or changes to your body and how you feel. For many reasons, people do not experience the same side effects even when they are given the same treatment for the same type of tumor. This can make it hard to predict how you will feel during treatment.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about the different types of treatments doctors use for people with appendix cancer. Use the menu to see other pages.
This section tells you the treatments, also known as therapies, that are the standard of care for appendix cancer. “Standard of care” means the best treatments known. Information in this section is based on medical standards of care for appendix cancer in the United States. Treatment options can vary from one place to another.
ON THIS PAGE: You will read about the scientific research being done to learn more about appendix cancer and how to treat it. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors are working to learn more about appendix cancer, ways to prevent it, how to best treat it, and how to provide the best care to people diagnosed with appendix cancer.
ON THIS PAGE: You will learn about how doctors describe a cancer’s growth or spread. This is called the stage. In addition, you can read about how doctors evaluate and compare cancer cells to normal cells, called the grade. Use the menu to see other pages.
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ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of a medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, cancer. They also do tests to learn if cancer has spread to another part of the body from where it started. If the cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.
