Revised June 2010

General Information / Anatomy / Function / Statistics  

• Our digestive system are a series of organs that prepare food for absorption and for use by the millions of body cells.           
• The main organs form a tube open at both ends known as the alimentary canal or gastrointestinal (GI) tract.           
• Organs making up the tract are: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach and intestines.           
• Additional organs or body parts that are located in the main digestive organs or that open into them are: the salivary glands, teeth, liver, gall bladder, pancreas and vermiform appendix.           
• Cancers of the GI tract account for roughly 15% of cancer diagnosed in men and women. 
• For statistics, click here

For details about each type of GI cancer, please choose one of the following:

• Anus       
• Bile Ducts
• Esophagus       
• Gall Bladder       
• Small Intestine    
• Stomach        
• Large Intestine (colon and rectum)    
• Liver (primary)    
• Liver (secondary)       
• Pancreas