Small Intestine Adenocarcinoma
Small Intestine Leiomyosarcoma
Recurrent Small Intestine Cancer

Small Intestine Adenocarcinoma

When possible, treatment of small intestine adenocarcinoma will be surgery to remove the tumor and some of the normal tissue around it.

Treatment of small intestine adenocarcinoma that cannot be removed by surgery may include the following:

• Surgery to bypass the tumor.
• Radiation therapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life.
• A clinical trial of radiation therapy with radiosensitizers, with or without chemotherapy.
• A clinical trial of new anticancer drugs.
• A clinical trial of biologic therapy.

This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about these and other ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with small intestine adenocarcinoma.

When possible, treatment of small intestine leiomyosarcoma will be surgery to remove the tumor and some of the normal tissue around it.

Treatment of small intestine leiomyosarcoma that cannot be removed by surgery may include the following:

• Surgery (to bypass the tumor) and radiation therapy.
• Surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life.
• A clinical trial of new anticancer drugs.
• A clinical trial of biologic therapy.

This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about these and other ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with small intestine leiomyosarcoma.

Treatment of recurrent small intestine cancer that has spread to other parts of the body is usually a clinical trial of new anticancer drugs or biologic therapy.

Treatment of locally recurrent small intestine cancer may include the following:

• Surgery.
• Radiation therapy or chemotherapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life.
• A clinical trial of radiation therapy with radiosensitizers, with or without chemotherapy.

This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied. Information about these and other ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

Check for clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with recurrent small intestine cancer.

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