Small intestine cancer surgery

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Treatment options

Patients with small intestine cancer have many treatment options. The selection depends on the the size and location of the tumor, whether it has spread to distance, whether there are any other serious medical conditions. The options are surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a 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.

Surgery

  • Small intestine resection: In this operation, surgeon removes the piece of intestine that has the tumor and some of the normal tissue on each side of the tumor.
  • Palliative operation: If small intestine cancer has spread too far in the abdomen, the surgeon will do a palliative operation. The goal of this type of surgery is to decrease symptoms such as abdominal pain and abdominal distension.

Chemotherapy: The treatment is to use drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Some general chemotherapy drugs used include: 5-fluorouracil (5FU), leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan.

Radiation therapy: This is a cancer treatment to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing by using high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation.

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