Treatment of gastric cancer

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Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in China. About 170000 people die of gastric cancer every year, nearly one fourth of all malignant tumor deaths. Gastric cancer is indeed a serious threat to human health. What kind of examination should we do if we suspect gastric cancer? Experts say that if we suspect gastric cancer, we should go to a regular hospital for detailed examination. Let's talk about the treatment of gastric cancer.

Treatment of 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.

The second is chemotherapy, which is used to prolong the survival period before, during and after radical operation. Chemotherapy can slow down the development of tumor and improve the symptoms of patients with advanced gastric cancer. In principle, adjuvant chemotherapy is not necessary for patients with early gastric cancer after radical operation. Patients with the following conditions should be treated with adjuvant chemotherapy: pathological type, high degree of malignancy; tumor area greater than 5 cm; multiple tumor; age less than 40 years old. Chemotherapy is needed in patients with advanced gastric cancer after radical operation, palliative operation and recurrence after radical operation.

Third: some adjuvant treatment, such as surgery, chemotherapy after taking Chinese medicine.

matters needing attention

The clinical manifestations of gastric cancer are similar to gastritis or other common benign gastric diseases. It usually takes more than 2 years for early gastric cancer to develop into advanced gastric cancer, and most of early gastric cancer are accompanied by atrophic gastritis or ulcer disease and other background diseases.