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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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*Patients with small intestine cancer have many treatment options. The selection depends on the the size and location of the tumor, | *The treatment of small intestine cancer is clinically challenging due to its delayed diagnosis. <ref name="pmid29786046">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tang L, Huang LY, Cui J, Wu CR |title=Effect of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy on Diagnosis and Treatment of Small-Bowel Diseases |journal=Chin. Med. J. |volume=131 |issue=11 |pages=1321–1326 |date=June 2018 |pmid=29786046 |pmc=5987504 |doi=10.4103/0366-6999.232802 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*The options are | *Main stay of the treatment is surgery for these tumors. <ref name="pmid20716869">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ogata Y, Yamaguchi K, Sasatomi T, Uchida S, Akagi Y, Shirouzu K |title=[Treatment and outcome in small bowel cancer] |language=Japanese |journal=Gan To Kagaku Ryoho |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=1454–7 |date=August 2010 |pmid=20716869 |doi= |url=}}</ref>. | ||
*Because cancer treatments often damage healthy cells and tissues, side effects are common. [[Side effect]] may not be the same for each person, and they may change from one treatment session to the next. | *Patients with small intestine cancer have many treatment options. | ||
*The selection depends on the the size and location of the tumor, metastasis and comorbidities. | |||
*The options are: | |||
** Surgery | |||
**Radiation therapy | |||
**Chemotherapy | |||
**Combination of methods and palliative treatment. | |||
*Before treatment starts, ask your health care team about possible side effects and how treatment may change your normal activities. | |||
*Because cancer treatments often damage healthy cells and tissues, side effects are common. | |||
*[[Side effect]] may not be the same for each person, and they may change from one treatment session to the next. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Treatment Strategy
- The treatment of small intestine cancer is clinically challenging due to its delayed diagnosis. [1]
- Main stay of the treatment is surgery for these tumors. [2].
- Patients with small intestine cancer have many treatment options.
- The selection depends on the the size and location of the tumor, metastasis and comorbidities.
- The options are:
- Surgery
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Combination of methods and palliative treatment.
- Before treatment starts, ask your health care team about possible side effects and how treatment may change your normal activities.
- Because cancer treatments often damage healthy cells and tissues, side effects are common.
- Side effect may not be the same for each person, and they may change from one treatment session to the next.
References
- ↑ Tang L, Huang LY, Cui J, Wu CR (June 2018). "Effect of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy on Diagnosis and Treatment of Small-Bowel Diseases". Chin. Med. J. 131 (11): 1321–1326. doi:10.4103/0366-6999.232802. PMC 5987504. PMID 29786046.
- ↑ Ogata Y, Yamaguchi K, Sasatomi T, Uchida S, Akagi Y, Shirouzu K (August 2010). "[Treatment and outcome in small bowel cancer]". Gan To Kagaku Ryoho (in Japanese). 37 (8): 1454–7. PMID 20716869.