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Gastrointestinal Anatomy

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A thorough understanding of the gastrointestinal tract anatomy forms the basis of communicating with care providers, comprehending patterns of spread, and designing radiotherapy plans. This chapter details the gross anatomy, vasculature, and lymphatic drainiage of the major organs of the gastrointestinal tract

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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank Drs. Tae Kyoung Kim and Dr. Laura Dawson for the CT images that were used for the figures displayed in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Stuti Ahlawat, Rekha Baby & Salma K. Jabbour

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Correspondence to Salma K. Jabbour .

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Theodore Hong

  2. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Prajnan Das

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Ahlawat, S., Baby, R., Jabbour, S.K. (2017). Gastrointestinal Anatomy. In: Hong, T., Das, P. (eds) Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43115-4_2

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