A 47-year-old member asked:
Can a doctor tell if you have stomach cancer just by doing a colonoscopy?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jarrod Kaufmananswered
General Surgery 30 years experience
Gastric cancer: No not on a colonoscopy but the upper form called and egd or endoscopy with biopsy for path confirmation.
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Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 50 years experience
No: Upper endoscopy is needed. Colonoscopy looks for cancer or other disease in the colon. To check for stomach cancer the endoscope needs to be inserted through the mouth for visualization of stomach.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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A 30-year-old member asked:
How can you tell if stomach cancer is spreading?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Mark Hoepfneranswered
Surgery 40 years experience
Cannot: Cancer spreading is usually determined by biopsies at the tine of surgery. Some radiology tests could suggest concerns of spread such as ct scan or pet scan, but biopsies are the only way to tell definitively.
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Last updated Mar 31, 2013
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