In line with its mission, the Editorial Board of MedTvoiLokony makes every effort to provide reliable medical content supported by the latest scientific knowledge. The additional flag “Checked Content” indicates that the article has been reviewed by or written directly by a physician. This two-step verification: a medical journalist and a doctor allows us to provide the highest quality content in line with current medical knowledge.
Our commitment in this area has been appreciated, among others, by by the Association of Journalists for Health, which awarded the Editorial Board of MedTvoiLokony with the honorary title of the Great Educator.
Bowel cancer can develop in both the small intestine and the large intestine. Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer of the digestive system, and cancer of the small intestine is the rarest (these cancers account for only 2% of all gastrointestinal cancer). Colon cancer and its symptoms are described here.
Most often, cancer of the small intestine is a metastatic tumor of tumors of other organs of the abdominal cavity and pelvis. As a tumor primarily originating in the small intestine, it is more common in smokers and people abusing alcohol, as well as in those who already suffer from other diseases of this part of the gastrointestinal tract, such as Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, polyposis syndromes, e.g. Gardner’s or Peutz’s syndrome. Jeghers.
Symptoms of small intestine cancer are non-specific, therefore it takes about 8 months on average from the moment they appear to the start of treatment. The following are disturbing:
Iron deficiency anemia, which is much more often associated with bleeding from an ulcer or cancer of the colon, but can also occur in cancer of the small intestine
– sudden onset of gas, constipation, periodic vomiting, prolonged stool retention due to the tumor narrowing or closing the lumen of the small intestine
– persistent or recurrent pain in the middle of the abdomen, dull, which may radiate to the back (especially if intensive diagnostics has not shown their cause), these pains appear regardless of the time of day, physical exertion or eating
– palpable tumor in the abdomen
– significant weight loss in a short period of time
med. Aleksandra Czachowska
Find a gastroenterologist in your city