Can chemoradiotherapy cure gastric cancer

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Every time I had a meal, I felt acid in my stomach and wanted to vomit, and I had a stomachache. I suspected that I might have gastric cancer. Later, I went to the hospital for examination, and it turned out that it was really gastric cancer. For patients with this disease should be treated as soon as possible, I will tell you the question about whether chemoradiotherapy can cure gastric cancer.

Can chemoradiotherapy cure 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

Because the gastric function of patients with gastric cancer has weakened a lot, there is no way to digest some more difficult food, so in the days before the operation, it is best to eat some liquid food, and then eat some easy to digest food.