What are the symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis

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If there is metastasis of gastric cancer, the consequences are extremely serious. My uncle died because he failed to control the metastasis. It is very important to understand the symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis and treat it in time. Let's take a look at the symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis.

What are the symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis

Symptom 1: loss of appetite, emaciation, fatigue, this symptom can appear in the early stage, can not be accompanied by symptoms of epigastric pain. When this symptom and stomachache appear at the same time, we should pay more attention to it. Some patients tend to be full and belching when they eat, thus limiting their diet and leading to weight loss.

Symptom 2: hematogenous dissemination often occurs in advanced gastric cancer, the most common organ involved is liver, followed by lung. Once cancer cells enter the circulation, they can form metastases in bone, brain, adrenal gland, kidney, spleen, thyroid and skin.

Symptom 3: lymph node metastasis is generally in the order of lymph drainage, from near to far, from shallow to deep, and jumping or metastasis can also occur, that is, when the near lymph node has not metastasis, the distant lymph node has metastasis. For example, the lymph source of the stomach is connected with the left supraclavicular lymph node, and the cancer cells can be retrogradely transferred to the left supraclavicular lymph node through the thoracic duct, especially called vischow lymph node, indicating gastric cancer It has distant metastasis.

matters needing attention

All kinds of metastasis and diffusion of gastric cancer are not isolated, especially hematogenous metastasis, which is only one of the ways of gastric cancer diffusion. It is not easy to be separated from lymphatic metastasis. When similar phenomena occur, we must actively control them.