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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 cure small intestine cancer is surgical resection with combination of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. If tumor is not curable palliative surgery may be done. Chemotherapy is used to reduce the likelihood of metastasis, shrink tumor size, and slow tumor growth. Chemotherapy is often applied after surgery (adjuvant), before surgery (neo-adjuvant), or as primary therapy if surgery is not indicated (palliative). Other therapies include radiation and support therapies.

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 several 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]
Side effect profile varies with each individual as well as each treatment session.

↑ 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.