Small Intestine Cancer: Tests

A rare cancer that forms in tissues of the small intestine (the part of the digestive tract between the stomach and the large intestine).

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Tests for Small Intestine Cancer

Tests that examine the small intestine are used to detect (find), diagnose, and stage small intestine cancer.

Procedures that make pictures of the small intestine and the area around it help diagnose small intestine cancer and show how far the cancer has spread. The process used to find out if cancer cells have spread within and around the small intestine is called staging.

In order to plan treatment, it is important to know the type of small intestine cancer and whether the tumor can be removed by surgery. Tests and procedures to detect, diagnose, and stage small intestine cancer are usually done at the same time. The following tests and procedures may be used:… Read more about Small Intestine Cancer: Tests