What is small bowel cancer? - Cancer Research UK
The small bowel makes up most of the digestive system and helps your body to digest food and take in vitamins. Cancer that starts here is called small bowel cancer. The small bowel is between 4 and 6 metres long and is made up of 3 parts. The: duodenum (dew-oh-dean-um) – the top part of the small bowel, which connects to the stomach
Surgery and stents to relieve symptoms of pancreatic cancer
Your doctor may put a stent into the bile duct at the same time as the duodenum. Having the stent put in. Most stents go into the top of the small bowel (duodenum) using endoscopy. Before the procedure. You stop eating and drinking 6 hours before the procedure. This is to make sure your stomach and duodenum are empty.
Small intestine cancer statistics - Cancer Research UK
The most common specific location for small intestine cancers in the UK is the duodenum (2016-2018). Small intestine cancer incidence rates in England in females are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are 22% higher in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).
Surgery to remove all or part of your stomach - Cancer Research UK
The surgeon takes out lymph nodes in case they contain cancer cells that have spread from the main cancer. Taking the nodes out reduces the risk of your cancer coming back in the future. It also tells your doctor how well chemotherapy has worked, and gives them more information about how far your cancer has spread (the stage).
Types of surgery for pancreatic cancer | Cancer Research UK
Scans might show cancer spread to other parts of the body. In some cases, your surgeon may still advise you to have surgery even if there is a suspicion the cancer might have spread to the nearby lymph nodes or major blood vessels. Different types of surgery. If it is possible to remove your cancer your surgeon might suggest a:
Advanced gallbladder cancer - Cancer Research UK
Locally advanced gallbladder cancer is when the cancer has not spread to distant parts of the body. But it is spreading in and around the gallbladder. This means it may block or completely surround the nearby major blood vessels. Or it may grow into nearby organs such as the liver or small bowel (duodenum). Metastatic gallbladder cancer
Treatment | Small bowel cancer | Cancer Research UK
The type of surgery you have to remove the cancer depends on where the cancer is in the small bowel. You are most likely to have a type of surgery called wide excision. In a wide excision, your surgeon will remove the: cancer; surrounding tissues; lymph nodes; But for cancer in the top of the duodenum you might have a pancreaticoduodenectomy.
What is pancreatic cancer? - Cancer Research UK
The digestive juices flow down a tube (pancreatic duct) into the duodenum. The duodenum is the first part of the small bowel and is joined to the stomach. Another tube (duct) joins the duodenum. The bile duct comes down from the gallbladder and liver and joins the duodenum right next to the pancreatic duct.
Stents to relieve symptoms of bile duct cancer
How your doctor puts the stent in depends on which type of bile duct cancer you have. You don’t normally need a stent if the cancer is in the bile ducts in your liver (intrahepatic bile duct cancer). You may have a plastic stent if you are going to have surgery to remove the cancer. The stent will be removed during the operation.
About gastro oesophageal junction cancer | Cancer Research UK
The cancer's centre is between 1 cm above and 2 cm below the junction. Type 3. Type 3 GOJ cancer spreads up into the gastro oesophageal junction from below. So there are cancer cells in the top of the stomach and the gastro oesophageal junction. The cancer’s centre is between 2 and 5 cm below the junction. Causes of gastro oesophageal ...