Cancer overview
What patients and families should understand
GI cancers include cancers of the food pipe, stomach, pancreas, liver, rectum, colon, anal canal, and biliary tract. Radiation is often combined with chemotherapy and surgery, especially in rectal, anal, oesophageal, pancreatic, and selected stomach cancers.
Dr. Ankita Patel's approach
How Ankita Patel handles it
Dr. Ankita Patel weighs tumour location, stage, nutrition, surgical timing, expected chemotherapy, and organ tolerance before recommending radiation. She focuses on precise target definition, dose to bowel, liver, kidneys, stomach, spinal cord, and marrow, and clear coordination with the treating surgeon and medical oncologist.
Care priorities
What the consultation focuses on
Rectal cancer pre-operative radiation or chemoradiation planning.
Oesophageal, stomach, pancreatic, anal, and selected hepatobiliary radiation decisions.
Nutrition, swallowing, bowel, nausea, fatigue, and pain-control support during treatment.