Treatment Options for Small Intestine Cancer

Small Intestine Adenocarcinoma
Small Intestine Leiomyosarcoma
Recurrent Small Intestine Cancer

A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.

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.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with small intestine adenocarcinoma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

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.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with small intestine leiomyosarcoma. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.

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.

Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent small intestine cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.