Small intestine cancer risk factors

Overview
In oncology, small intestine cancer, also small bowel cancer and cancer of the small bowel, is a cancer of the small intestine. It is relatively rare compared to other gastrointestinal malignancies such as gastric cancer (stomach cancer) and colorectal cancer.

Risk Factors
Risk factors for small intestine cancer include :
 * Crohn's disease
 * Celiac disease
 * Radiation exposure
 * Hereditary GI cancer syndromes: familial adenomatous polyposis, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
 * Male

Benign tumours and conditions that may be mistaken for cancer of the small bowel:
 * Hamartoma
 * Tuberculosis