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Gastrointestinal Cancers
Our GI (Gastrointestinal or Digestive system) Cancer Conference meets monthly to evaluate new GI cancer cases. Physicians present patients who are newly diagnosed to discuss the best course of treatment. The multidisciplinary team includes the following specialists:
COLORECTAL SURGEONS
Colorectal Associates
Joseph A. Sheppe, MD, Colon and Rectal Surgery
GASTROENTEROLOGISTS
Columbia Gastroenterology Associates
PATHOLOGISTS
Professional Pathology Services
RADIOLOGISTS
Pitts Radiology
MEDICAL ONCOLOGISTS
South Carolina Oncology Associates
RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS
South Carolina Oncology Associates
The list of providers above includes the physicians who regularly participate in multidisciplinary GI Cancer Conferences.
Palmetto Health provides screening colonoscopies and the Colon Cancer Support Group.
The 13th Annual COLORECTAL CANCER WALK AND 5K RACE was held on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Maxcy Gregg Park in downtown Columbia. We asked you to "lace up and face it" and more than 400 walkers and runners did! The Colorectal Cancer Walk & Race raised more than $52,000 for the Palmetto Health Cancer Centers! Thank you!