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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
Once a patient is diagnoses with intestinal cancer preventing its recurrence is very important. Life style modification such as limiting tobacco and alcohol use, moderate healthy diet and treatment of gastroenteritis can decrease the recurrence of small intestinal cancers. Scheduled follow-up exams and tests to detect polyps and cancerous lesions in other parts of GIT are important and can detect it recurrence.
Secondary Prevention of small intestine cancer
- After small intestine cancer treatment, post surgical resection followup, labs and imaging surveillance is necessary to pick other carcinomatous lesions in early phase.
- After treatment of primary lesion, surgical removal of polyps in other areas of intestine can prevent recurrence of cancer.
- Life style modification such as limiting tobacco and alcohol use, moderate healthy diet and resection of polyps can decrease the recurrence of small intestinal cancers.
- Regular followup to detect polyps is compulsory. [1]