SMALL BOWEL CANCER

Course overview

SMALL BOWEL CANCER ENCOMPASSES A SERIES OF MALIGNANT LESIONS THAT MAY BE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE SMALL INTESTINE (SI). THE SMALL BOWEL LIES BETWEEN THE STOMACH AND THE LARGE INTESTINE (LI/COLON) AND IS ENCOMPASSED BY THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS, THE DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, AND ILEUM TO THE LEVEL OF THE ILEOCECAL VALVE WHICH PROVIDES THE TERMINAL TRANSITION POINT BETWEEN THE SI AND THE LI. WHILE THERE ARE BOTH BENIGN AND MALIGNANT LESIONS THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE SI, THE OVERALL INCIDENCE OF SMALL BOWEL NEOPLASMS IS EXTREMELY LOW WHEN COMPARED TO LESIONS NOTED IN OTHER PORTIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. OVERVIEW OF MALIGNANT SMALL BOWEL CANCERS INCLUDING OUTLINE, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT GENERAL DESCRIPTION.