Cáncer de esófago - Diagnóstico
EN ESTA PÁGINA: encontrará una lista de pruebas, procedimientos y exploraciones frecuentes que los médicos usan para averiguar la causa de un problema médico. Use el menú para ver otras páginas.
Endoscopy
Sarcoma - Kaposi - Diagnosis
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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.
Gallbladder Cancer - Diagnosis
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.
Small Bowel Cancer - Diagnosis
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of the 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 cancer has spread, it is called metastasis. Doctors may also do tests to learn which treatments could work best.
Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Gastrointestinal Tract - Diagnosis
ON THIS PAGE: You will find a list of common tests, procedures, and scans that doctors use to find the cause of the medical problem. Use the menu to see other pages.
Doctors use many tests to find, or diagnose, a neuroendocrine tumor of the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract NET). 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.
Esophageal Cancer - Diagnosis
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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.
Linfoma no Hodgkin - Diagnóstico
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Cáncer oral y orofaríngeo - Diagnóstico
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Cáncer de estómago - Diagnóstico
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Upper Endoscopy
An upper endoscopy allows a doctor to look at the upper part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This area is made up of the:
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Esophagus, which is the muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach
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Stomach
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Duodenum, which is the top of the small intestine
An upper endoscopy is also called an upper GI endoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD).
