4.Chow JS, Chen CC, Ahsan H, et al. Small intestine carcinomas may occur synchronously or metachronously at multiple sites. Leiomyosarcomas occur most often in the ileum. It is uncommon to find malignant lymphoma as a solitary small intestine lesion. The treatment sections of this summary are organized according to histopathologic type rather than stage.
Combination chemotherapy is then the treatment of choice.
All such patients should be considered candidates for clinical trials evaluating the use of new anticancer drugs or biologicals in phase I and II trials.