Treatment of Recurrent Small Intestine Cancer

For metastatic adenocarcinoma or leiomyosarcoma:

For metastatic adenocarcinoma or leiomyosarcoma:

No standard effective chemotherapy exists for patients with recurrent metastatic adenocarcinoma or leiomyosarcoma of the small intestine. These patients should consider enrolling in phase I or II clinical trials evaluating new anticancer drugs or biological therapy.

For locally recurrent disease:

For locally recurrent disease:

Surgery.

For locally recurrent disease:

Palliative radiation therapy.

For locally recurrent disease:

Palliative chemotherapy.

For locally recurrent disease:

Clinical trials evaluating ways of improving local control, such as the use of radiation therapy with radiosensitizers with or without systemic chemotherapy.