
Sometimes, complete surgical removal of the tumor can cure the condition. Reducing the size of the tumor through surgery may also help to eliminate the gastrointestinal symptoms that are caused by an obstruction of a large tumor. There are no standard therapies for treatment of carcinoid tumors, but your veterinarian may have some treatment options available that will help to keep metastasis to a minimum, or to help you to make your pet comfortable.
If a tumor can not be completely removed, routine blood tests will need to be conducted to determine whether destructive hepatic metastasis has occurred. A yearly ultrasound is also recommended for monitoring progress, so that if any metastasis has occurred in the liver, or in other organs, it can be treated promptly, before organ functionality is affected.