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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Prognosis
The overall 5-year survival rate for resectable adenocarcinoma is only 20%. The 5-year survival rate for resectable leiomyosarcoma, the most common primary sarcoma of the small intestine, is approximately 50%.
The prognosis of small intestine cancer depends on the following:
- Whether or not the tumor can be removed by surgery
- The stage of the cancer, the size of the tumor, whether the cancer has spread outside the small intestine
- The patient’s general health
- Whether the cancer has just been diagnosed or has recurred