Overview

NCI Definition: A carcinoma arising from the small intestine. The vast majority are adenocarcinomas. The remaining cases are adenosquamous, squamous, or undifferentiated carcinomas. [1]

Significant Genes in Small Intestinal Carcinoma

ALK +

ERBB2 +

Disease Details

Synonyms
Carcinoma of the Small Intestine, Small Intestine Cancer, Small Bowel Cancer, Carcinoma of Small Intestine, Small Bowel Carcinoma, Carcinoma of Small Bowel, Small intestine cancer, NOS, Cancer of the Small Bowel, Carcinoma of the Small Bowel, Cancer of Small Bowel
Parent(s)
Malignant Small Intestinal Neoplasm
Children
Small Intestinal Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Small Intestinal Undifferentiated Carcinoma, Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma, Duodenal Carcinoma, Small Intestinal Small Cell Carcinoma, and Small Intestinal Medullary Carcinoma
OncoTree Name
Small Intestinal Carcinoma
OncoTree Code
SIC

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.