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Suggest Management Of Small Bowel Cancer In The Aorta

Dr. said my mother has inoperable cancer wrapped around her aorta in her small bowel. Still waiting on biopsy for over a week. She had a small bowel obstruction/resection. NG tube can't be removed because of vommiting (surgery was a week ago) What is going on?
Tue, 2 Jun 2015
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Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Small bowel loops run over aorta.
Aorta is lying beneath bowel loops. So any malignant mass of small intestine can invade aorta.
Aorta invasion is inoperable because chances of aorta rupture is high during surgery. And this condition is life threatening. So once tumour invade aorta, it becomes inoperable.
She is also having intestinal obstruction. All these will worsen her prognosis.
You can try palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy for tumour shrinkage. So consult oncologist and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.
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Suggest Management Of Small Bowel Cancer In The Aorta

Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Small bowel loops run over aorta. Aorta is lying beneath bowel loops. So any malignant mass of small intestine can invade aorta. Aorta invasion is inoperable because chances of aorta rupture is high during surgery. And this condition is life threatening. So once tumour invade aorta, it becomes inoperable. She is also having intestinal obstruction. All these will worsen her prognosis. You can try palliative chemotherapy and radiotherapy for tumour shrinkage. So consult oncologist and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.