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What are the treatments for intestinal cancer?
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Depends what kind: The intestinal tract includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, appendix, colon, and rectum. Cancer in each part is treated quite differently, so please try to specify a bit more if you are still curious.
Answered 9/16/2012
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Surgery: Is curative in all sites, and the addition of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to selected sites of certain stage, i.e., with nodes involved or margns positive.
Answered 9/16/2012
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