Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Oncology/ Radiology

Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch was established to integrate and synergize multidisciplinary clinical pertaining to cancers of the lungs, chest cavity and gastrointestinal tract. Our team approach to thoracic and gastrointestinal malignancies is designed to hasten the development of novel treatments for a wide range of cancers that affect more than a half million patients per year.

       Gastrointestinal radiology has expanded its scope beyond conventional abdominal radiography, barium studies, and cholecystography. Ultrasonography allows imaging of solid abdominal organs and the intestine without the use of radiation. Computed tomography now allows comprehensive assessment of abdominal and pelvic inflammatory and infectious processes, obstruction, tumor detection and staging, and display of vasculature and blunt trauma effects that were not possible 50 years ago. Barium studies of the gastrointestinal tract, enteroclysis for small-bowel assessment, and conventional radiography still have a role despite the extensive use of fiberoptic endoscopy.