How to prolong life in advanced gastric cancer

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Uncle always upper abdominal discomfort or pain; sometimes accompanied by belching, acid, vomiting, ask the hospital for examination, the doctor told him it was gastric cancer. But later, I haven't seen much better. Maybe I'm old. Patients with this disease should be treated as soon as possible. Now I'll tell you about how to prolong the life of patients with advanced gastric cancer.

How to prolong life in advanced gastric cancer

First: it mainly depends on whether the patient can be treated in time and the effect of treatment. If the patient is found early and the metastasis is still a single lesion, the patient's life can be effectively prolonged after chemotherapy. The time varies from 2 to 10 years. The specific time depends on the treatment effect of the patient.

Second, there is no fixed time standard for how long the recurrence of gastric cancer can live. The survival time of patients with advanced gastric cancer is related to the pathological type, stage, physical function, treatment method and other factors. Because of the strong concealment of gastric cancer, it is often found in the middle and advanced stage. At this time, patients often have panic psychology, and it is easy to think about how long the recurrence of gastric cancer can live.

Third, the 5-year survival rate of early gastric cancer after resection is about 80%. Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery can be used to prevent recurrence and metastasis. For patients with recurrent gastric cancer, it can effectively control the recurrence symptoms of patients with gastric cancer, and effectively prolong the life time of patients.

matters needing attention

For patients with gastric cancer, loss of appetite is very normal, but in order to make the patient's disease can be treated, family members should pay attention to strengthen the patient's nutrition, try to change the pattern, let the patient eat more, in addition, you can also exercise properly, improve resistance.