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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qurrat-ul-ain Abid, M.D.[2] Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [3]
Overview
Best treatment for curable small intestine cancer is surgical resection with combination of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. If tumor is not curable palliative surgery can be done.
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.
- The capecitabine and oxaliplatin are found effective in some studies.[2]
- 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.