Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention

A risk factor is anything that affects your chance of getting a disease such as cancer. Learn more about the risk factors for gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors.

At this time, there is no known way to prevent gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors. Since smoking might increase the risk of carcinoid tumors of the small intestine, not starting or quitting smoking may reduce the risk for this disease.