Small Intestine Cancer

Introduction: Small Intestine Cancer

A relatively rare cancer of the small intestine. The small intestine forms part of the body's digestive system and connects the stomach to the large intestine. Different types of cancers can occur in the small intestine e.g. sarcoma, adenocarcinoma and carcinoid tumors. About 5,000 people are diagnosed with the condition each year in the US.

Symptoms of Small Intestine Cancer

• No early symptoms
• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Blood in stool
• Black stool
• Fatigue

See full list of 12 symptoms of Small Intestine Cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Small Intestine Cancer

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Small Intestine Cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Small Intestine Cancer

Misdiagnosis and Small Intestine Cancer

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed,...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good"...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning)....read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal...read more »

Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi. See melanoma and spitz nevi....read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known...read more »

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Causes of Small Intestine Cancer

Read more about causes of Small Intestine Cancer.

Treatments for Small Intestine Cancer

• Abdominal surgery
• Heat surgery
• Electrosurgery
• Laser surgery
• Small intestine surgery

See full list of 6 treatments for Small Intestine Cancer

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Prognosis for Small Intestine Cancer

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Statistics for Small Intestine Cancer

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