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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no known screening protocols for small intestinal cancer detection. | |||
==Screening== | |||
*There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for small intestinal cancers as rarity of condition makes it a less suspected condition.<ref name="pmid9834319">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rossini FP, Risio M, Pennazio M |title=Small bowel tumors and polyposis syndromes |journal=Gastrointest. Endosc. Clin. N. Am. |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=93–114 |date=January 1999 |pmid=9834319 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
*If a person is predisposed genetically to develop small intestine [[adenocarcinoma]], tests such as [[endoscopy]] may be done for early detection. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qurrat-ul-ain Abid, M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no known screening protocols for small intestinal cancer detection.
Screening
- There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine screening for small intestinal cancers as rarity of condition makes it a less suspected condition.[1]
- If a person is predisposed genetically to develop small intestine adenocarcinoma, tests such as endoscopy may be done for early detection.