Effect of postoperative chemotherapy on gastric cancer

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My uncle is suffering from gastric cancer. He often has hemoptysis in his daily life. Fortunately, he went to the hospital for surgical treatment in time. Now he carries out consolidation treatment with chemotherapy. For patients with gastric cancer, do you want to know the effect of chemotherapy after gastric cancer surgery?

Effect of postoperative chemotherapy on gastric cancer

First of all: for patients with advanced gastric cancer, strictly speaking, they need to do chemotherapy every three weeks for about half a year, which can basically kill the cancer cells completely. However, due to the limitation of patients' physical conditions, some patients may have a strong response to chemotherapy, so the time interval should be longer.

Second, the number of chemotherapy for patients with advanced gastric cancer needs to be strictly controlled by doctors, because at this time, the patient's body immunity declines rapidly, and the self-healing ability to the stimulation of chemotherapy is low. Some patients may be unable to resist the pain of chemotherapy, and appear the phenomenon of mental collapse.

Finally: Patients with gastric cancer after surgery need to visit the hospital regularly. The frequency of chemotherapy is determined strictly according to the specific situation of the patient's body. Some patients may recover better, and they can be cured after 3-5 times of chemotherapy. Some patients have poor recovery and need more times.

matters needing attention

Patients should not superstitious chemotherapy times, to listen to the doctor's advice, do regular physical examination, according to their own physical rehabilitation situation to determine the number of chemotherapy, patients in daily life should pay attention to health care, especially the diet to healthy nutrition, contribute to the recovery of the body.