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SUBMITTER: Lybaert W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3934784 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in oncology 20140116 1
Intestinal obstruction is a common complication in patients with advanced abdominal or pelvic cancer. The synthetic somatostatin analogue octreotide can help relieve nausea, vomiting and pain in patients with inoperable obstruction. Here, we report a case of recurrent intestinal obstruction in a patient with adenocarcinoma. Although the obstruction was resolved after 3 days of treatment with octreotide, new episodes of obstruction occurred, resulting in a delay of the chemotherapy treatment. Aft ...[more]