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The prominent folds are <a href="/wiki/Plicae_circulares" class="mw-redirect" title="Plicae circulares">plicae circulares</a>, a characteristic of small bowel.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Medical_specialty" title="Medical specialty">Specialty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gastroenterology" title="Gastroenterology">Gastroenterology</a>, <a href="/wiki/General_surgery" title="General surgery">general surgery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oncology" title="Oncology">oncology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Signs_and_symptoms" title="Signs and symptoms">Symptoms</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coffee_ground_vomiting" title="Coffee ground vomiting">vomiting blood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hematochezia" title="Hematochezia">blood in the stool</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Small intestine cancer</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Small_intestine" title="Small intestine">small intestine</a>. It is relatively rare compared to other <a href="/wiki/Gastrointestinal_cancer" title="Gastrointestinal cancer">gastrointestinal malignancies</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Gastric_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gastric cancer">gastric cancer</a> (stomach cancer) and <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Small intestine cancer can be subdivided into <a href="/wiki/Duodenal_cancer" title="Duodenal cancer">duodenal cancer</a> (the first part of the small intestine) and cancer of the <a href="/wiki/Jejunum" title="Jejunum">jejunum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ileum" title="Ileum">ileum</a> (the latter two parts of the small intestine). Duodenal cancer has more in common with <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a>, while cancer of the jejunum and ileum have more in common with <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>. <a href="/wiki/Five-year_survival_rates" class="mw-redirect" title="Five-year survival rates">Five-year survival rates</a> are 65%.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Experts<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (October 2024)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> believe that small intestine cancer develops much like colorectal cancer. It first begins as a small growth on the inner lining of the intestine (polyp), which over time becomes cancer. (<a href="#CITEREFAmerican_Cancer_Society2023">American Cancer Society 2023</a>)<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> harv error: no target: CITEREFAmerican_Cancer_Society2023 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span> </p><p>Approximately 50% of <a href="/wiki/Adenoma" title="Adenoma">adenomas</a> of the small intestine arise in the <a href="/wiki/Duodenum" title="Duodenum">duodenum</a> even though this location comprises only 4% of the length of the small intestine. These adenomas occur mainly close to the <a href="/wiki/Ampulla_of_Vater" title="Ampulla of Vater">ampulla of Vater</a>, the outlet of the common bile duct from which bile acids are released.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This area is also closely associated with the pancreas, so they are treated as pancreatic cancer. </p><p>The small intestine works by mixing food and gastric juices into a thick fluid in the stomach and then emptied into the small intestine. It then continues to break down and absorb the nutrients. Although it is referred to as the small intestine, it is the longest section of the GI tract being approximately 20 feet long. The length of the small intestine comprises 75% of the length of the entire gastrointestinal tract<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are three parts of the small intestine. The duodenum is the 1st section of small intestine and only about a foot long. The jejunum and ileum make up most of the small intestine. Most of the nutrients in food are absorbed into the bloodstream in these two parts. (<a href="#CITEREFAmerican_Cancer_Society2023">American Cancer Society 2023</a>)<span class="error harv-error" style="display: none; font-size:100%"> harv error: no target: CITEREFAmerican_Cancer_Society2023 (<a href="/wiki/Category:Harv_and_Sfn_template_errors" title="Category:Harv and Sfn template errors">help</a>)</span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Histopathologic_types">Histopathologic types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Small_intestine_cancer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Histopathologic types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg/330px-Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg/495px-Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg/660px-Small_intestinal_cancers_by_incidence_and_prognosis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2687" data-file-height="1294" /></a><figcaption>Relative <a href="/wiki/Incidence_(epidemiology)" title="Incidence (epidemiology)">incidence</a> of histopathologic types of small intestine cancers, and their prognoses<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Subtypes of small intestine cancer include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adenocarcinoma" title="Adenocarcinoma">Adenocarcinoma</a> – this cancer begins in the gland cells that line the inside of the intestine. Adenocarcinomas account for about 1 in 3 small intestine cancers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastrointestinal_stromal_tumor" title="Gastrointestinal stromal tumor">Gastrointestinal stromal tumor</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gastrointestinal_stromal_tumor" title="Gastrointestinal stromal tumor">this type of cancer starts in connective tissues. The most common sarcoma in the intestine are gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lymphoma" title="Lymphoma">Lymphoma</a> – these cancers start in lymphocytes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carcinoid_tumor" class="mw-redirect" title="Carcinoid tumor">Carcinoid tumors</a> of the midgut – this is a type of neuroendocrine tumor (NET). They tend to be slow growing and are the most common type of small intestine tumor. (American Cancer Society, 2023)</li></ul><p> Most small intestine cancers (especially adenocarcinomas) develop in the duodenum. Cancers developed in the duodenum are often found at the ampulla of Vater. (American Cancer Society, 2023)</p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adenocarcinoma"><img alt="Adenocarcinoma" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg/120px-Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg/180px-Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg/240px-Light_microscopy_of_small_intestinal_adenocarcinoma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1327" data-file-height="1013" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Adenocarcinoma</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_(G1)_carcinoid.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carcinoid"><img alt="Carcinoid" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg/120px-Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg/180px-Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg/240px-Histopathology_of_small_intestinal_well-differentiated_grade_1_%28G1%29_carcinoid.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1165" data-file-height="857" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Carcinoid</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Risk_factors">Risk factors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Small_intestine_cancer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Risk factors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Duodenal_adenocarcinoma.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Duodenal_adenocarcinoma.png/220px-Duodenal_adenocarcinoma.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Duodenal_adenocarcinoma.png 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="236" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Esophagogastroduodenoscopy" title="Esophagogastroduodenoscopy">Endoscopic</a> image of <a href="/wiki/Adenocarcinoma" title="Adenocarcinoma">adenocarcinoma</a> of duodenum seen in the post-bulbar duodenum</figcaption></figure> <p>Risk factors for small intestine cancer include:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Age: Cancer risk increases with age. The average age diagnosis is 65.(Cleveland Clinic, 2022)</li> <li>Race: In the U.S., small intestine cancer is slightly more common among people who identify as African Americans. Although lymphoma is more common among people who identify as white.(Cleveland Clinic, 2022)</li> <li>HIV/AIDS: treatments like radiation therapy may weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to small intestine cancer. Drugs that suppress your immune system may also increase your risk.(Cleveland Clinic, 2022)</li> <li>Sex: Males are 25% more likely to develop the disease.(Cleveland Clinic, 2022)</li> <li>Diet: Various research has suggested that diets high in red meat and salted or smoked foods may raise the risk of small intestine cancer.(Cleveland Clinic, 2022). A human prospective study observed a markedly elevated risk for <a href="/wiki/Carcinoid" title="Carcinoid">carcinoid</a> tumors of the small intestine associated with dietary intake of <a href="/wiki/Saturated_fat" title="Saturated fat">saturated fat</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease" title="Crohn's disease">Crohn's disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celiac_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Celiac disease">Celiac disease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionizing_radiation" title="Ionizing radiation">Radiation exposure</a></li> <li>Hereditary gastrointestinal <a href="/wiki/Cancer_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Cancer syndrome">cancer syndromes</a>: <a href="/wiki/Familial_adenomatous_polyposis" title="Familial adenomatous polyposis">familial adenomatous polyposis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hereditary_nonpolyposis_colorectal_cancer" title="Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer">hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peutz%E2%80%93Jeghers_syndrome" title="Peutz–Jeghers syndrome">Peutz–Jeghers syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholecystectomy" title="Cholecystectomy">Cholecystectomy</a>, which alters the flow of bile to the small intestine, increases the risk of small intestinal adenocarcinomas,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this risk declines with increasing distance from the common bile duct.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Small_intestine_cancer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Micrograph of a small intestine neuroendocrine tumour. 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H&E stain." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg/80px-Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg/120px-Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg/160px-Small_intestine_neuroendocrine_tumour_low_mag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Micrograph" title="Micrograph">Micrograph</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Small_intestine" title="Small intestine">small intestine</a> <a href="/wiki/Neuroendocrine_tumour" class="mw-redirect" title="Neuroendocrine tumour">neuroendocrine tumour</a>. <a href="/wiki/H%26E_stain" title="H&E stain">H&E stain</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Small_intestine_cancer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lecturio.com/concepts/gastric-cancer/">"Gastric Cancer"</a>. <i>The Lecturio Medical Concept Library</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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