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Small Intestine Cancer: General Overview

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Published: 5 Apr 2009 - Updated: 1 Feb 2023

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Synopsis

Small Intestine Cancer forms in tissues of the small intestine the most common type is Adenocarcinoma.

Overview

Small Intestine Cancer alternate names: Small Intestine Adenocarcinoma, Small Intestine Sarcoma, Small Intestine Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, Small Intestine Carcinoid, Small Intestine Carcinoma.

The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) has included Small Intestine Cancer - with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent as a Compassionate Allowance to expedite a disability claim.

Small Intestine Cancer forms in tissues of the small intestine. The most common type is Adenocarcinoma. Most of these tumors occur in the part of the small intestine near the stomach. They may grow and block the intestine.

In oncology, small intestine, small bowel, and small bowel cancer is a cancer of the small intestine. It is relatively rare compared to other gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric cancer (stomach cancer) and colorectal cancer.

Small intestine cancer can be subdivided into duodenal cancer (the first part of the small intestine) and cancer of the jejunum and ileum (the later two parts of the small intestine). Duodenal cancer has more in common with stomach cancer, while cancer of the jejunum and ileum has more in common with colorectal cancer.

The following may be used to diagnose the disease:

Treatment may include surgery, radiation, biological therapy, and chemotherapy.

The overall 5-year survival rate for resectable Adenocarcinoma is only 20%.

Ian C. Langtree Author Credentials: Ian C. Langtree is a writer, editor, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, which he established in 2004 as one of the longest-running independent resources for disability news and information. Over more than two decades, he has written and edited thousands of articles on disability rights, health, accessibility, and assistive technology. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed advocate of the Social Model of Disability, the framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that focuses on removing societal barriers rather than on individual impairments. His writing is grounded in that framework and in a lasting commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his .

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