How about the effect of radiotherapy for gastric cancer

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Uncle felt very uncomfortable in his stomach some time ago. When it was serious, he even had strong pain and didn't want to eat anything. The doctor said that it was gastric cancer and he could receive radiotherapy. Now let me talk about the effect of radiotherapy for gastric cancer.

How about the effect of radiotherapy for gastric cancer

First: chemotherapy is short for chemotherapy, chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to kill cancer cells. It can be used alone or in combination with other anti-cancer treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy. Chemotherapy can reduce the recurrence rate of cancer after surgery, even if it can not be operated, chemotherapy can also delay the development of cancer and improve the quality of life.

Second, chemotherapy is generally considered to be a systemic treatment, while radiotherapy is a local treatment. Therefore, in the process of treatment to choose their own treatment. However, radiotherapy or chemotherapy can not stimulate the patients themselves, which is easy to cause a series of side effects, such as: immune decline, nausea, diarrhea, hand and foot pain, oral pain, anemia, hair loss, bleeding, nervous system disease and so on.

Third: radiotherapy is one of the main methods for the treatment of gastric cancer. According to the development stage of gastric cancer, early and mid-term surgery combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy has a good prognosis. Advanced conservative treatment or combined with EIC biological immunotherapy can reduce pain and prolong survival.

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Generally speaking, radiotherapy is one of the main treatment methods for gastric cancer. It has some therapeutic effects and many side effects. Therefore, the effect varies from person to person. Radiotherapy can also be used as adjuvant therapy of traditional Chinese medicine to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.