page_title: Small intestine cancer
section_title: Histopathologic types
hierarchical_section_title: Small intestine cancer / Histopathologic types
caption_attribution_description: English: Small intestinal cancers by incidence and prognosis. Reference: &#32;(2010).&#32;"Small Intestinal Cancer: a Population-Based Study of Incidence and Survival Patterns in the United States, 1992 to 2006". Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers &amp; Prevention&#32;19&#32;(8): 1908–1918. DOI:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0328. ISSN 1055-9965.
context_page_description: Small intestine cancer is a cancer of the small intestine. It is relatively rare compared to other gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric cancer and colorectal cancer.
  Small intestine cancer can be subdivided into duodenal cancer and cancer of the jejunum and ileum. Duodenal cancer has more in common with stomach cancer, while cancer of the jejunum and ileum have more in common with colorectal cancer. Five-year survival rates are 65%.
context_section_description: Several different subtypes of small intestine cancer exist. These include:
  Adenocarcinoma
  Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
  Lymphoma
  Carcinoid tumors of the midgut
caption: Relative incidence of histopathologic types of small intestine cancers, and their prognoses.[2]
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