How to treat gastric cancer

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Dad has a very good friend who often comes to our house as a guest. But a few days ago, dad told me that this uncle had gastric cancer, which was found to be in the middle stage, and he had an operation immediately. Let's talk about how to treat gastric cancer.

How to treat gastric cancer

First, surgical treatment. The main treatment of gastric cancer is surgery. Radical resection can be done in the early and middle stage, and palliative resection can be done in the late stage. This kind of gastric cancer treatment method mainly uses the operation to excise the cancer cell.

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.