digestive disorders
Small Intestine Cancer
Treatment of Small Intestine Cancer
Surgical removal The best treatment for most types of cancerous tumors in the small intestine is surgical removal of the tumor. If doctors are able to see the tumor with an endoscope, they may also remove it by applying an electrical current (electrocautery), heat (thermal obliteration), or high-energy beam of light at the tumor (laser phototherapy). Chemotherapy and radiation therapy after surgery do not lengthen survival time. 