small intestinal cancer

Epidemiology

1-2% of gastrointestinal cancers

Pathology

• adenocarcinoma
• lymphoma
• sarcoma (leiomyosarcoma)
  • gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
• carcinoid tumors

Management

• surgery
• prognosis:
  • 5 year survival for resectable adenocarcinoma is 20%
  • 5 year survival for resectable leiomyosarcoma is 50%

More general terms

• gastrointestinal (GI) cancer
• intestinal disease

More specific terms

• ampulla of Vater adenocarcinoma
• small intestinal adenocarcinoma

Additional terms

• colorectal cancer

Patient information

small intestinal cancer patient information