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- Endoscopy Center
MD Anderson's Endoscopy Center plays a key role in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer care. The center:
- Diagnoses, stages and treats GI cancers and pre-cancerous conditions, including Barrett’s esophagus
- Monitors GI cancer patients to determine how they are responding to treatment
- Treats GI complications of cancer, including jaundice and difficulty swallowing.
The center provides this care through various endoscopy procedures. During an endoscopy, doctors use a camera attached to the end of a thin, flexible tube to examine tissue and organs. Doctors can use tools attached to the tube to treat different conditions.
Colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. It is also 90% preventable with early screening. Colorectal cancer screening is recommended for people age 45 and older or with a family history of the disease.
These colonoscopies are performed in the Endoscopy Center, as well as MD Anderson West Houston and MD Anderson The Woodlands. Please visit our appointments page to request a colorectal cancer screening appointment.
Our procedures
Endoscopy Center faculty perform both general and advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures, including the following.
General GI Procedures
- Diagnostic and screening colonoscopies
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EDG)
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Esophageal dilation
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Procedures
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatoscopy (ERCP)
- Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) +/- fine needle aspiration (FNA)
- Enteral stenting
- Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
Conditions we evaluate and treat:
- Colon cancer
- Rectal cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Duodenal cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Barrett's esophagus
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome)
- Motility disorders
- C-difficile
My best advice is to keep a positive attitude. That’s helped me more than anything...Listen to your doctors, follow their advice and be hopeful.”
Robert Clark
Survivor
Need Directions?
The Endoscopy Center has two locations in the Texas Medical Center:
- Main Building, Floor 5, near Elevator C.
- Life Science Plaza, 2130 W. Holcombe Blvd., Floor 7
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Contact Us
The Endoscopy Center's business hours are from 8 a.m to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Current patients can reach the center at 713-792-2329.
New patients interested in making an appointment should visit our appointments page.
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