How to treat gastric cancer

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A few years ago, my grandfather was not very well. He recovered after a long rest after gastric cancer surgery. But recently, he found that there was something wrong with his digestive function. After going to the hospital for examination, he learned that gastric cancer had recurred again. Today, let me talk about what to do if gastric cancer is not cured.

How to treat gastric cancer

First, surgical treatment, (1) the principle of radical operation is to remove part or all of the stomach including the cancer focus and the gastric wall that may be infiltrated, remove the lymph nodes around the stomach and reconstruct the digestive tract according to the clinical staging standard. (2) palliative surgery can not remove the primary focus, in order to reduce the symptoms caused by obstruction, perforation, bleeding and other complications, such as gastrojejunostomy, jejunostomy, perforation repair, etc.

Second: chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is mainly to take some chemical drugs to control the growth of cancer cells. But it can have a lot of side effects. Chemotherapy in the treatment of gastric cancer is mainly used as the adjuvant treatment of surgical treatment. For advanced patients, it can delay the development of the disease.

Third: radiotherapy. In the past, radiotherapy was rarely used in the treatment of gastric cancer. In recent years, clinical studies have found that preoperative or intraoperative radiotherapy can effectively improve the resection rate and metastasis of gastric cancer. Treatment of gastric cancer, individual cases, radiotherapy can also be used to alleviate symptoms.

matters needing attention

There are many clinical treatment methods for gastric cancer, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, as well as drug therapy, including traditional Chinese medicine systemic conditioning. It is recommended that patients choose the most suitable treatment method under the guidance of doctors.