Things to note when treating gastric cancer

There are often some problems encountered during the treatment of gastric cancer. These problems come from the patients themselves and their families. There are also misunderstandings about the treatment of gastric cancer. The details are as follows:

Issues that should be noted in the treatment of gastric cancer:

1. Patients should actively cooperate with the treatment and have the confidence to defeat gastric cancer. They should develop good eating habits during the treatment and recovery process, that is, eat small meals frequently, avoid overeating, and maintain a balanced diet. At the same time, they should strengthen physical exercise to avoid recurrence of the disease. Regular follow-up should be conducted after recovery to prevent recurrence of the disease.

2. The patient's family should actively cooperate with the patient's treatment, take good care of the patient, and often encourage the patient to increase his confidence in defeating gastric cancer. At the same time, they should provide nutritional support for the patient and provide good dietary care.

3. At the same time, patients and their families should communicate well with doctors and report the treatment situation to doctors in a timely manner so that doctors can formulate the next treatment plan.

Common misconceptions about gastric cancer treatment:

1. People believe that gastric cancer is an incurable disease, so they give up early surgical operations and systemic anticancer treatments, thus missing the best time for treatment and causing the disease to deteriorate rapidly.

2. Believing that surgical removal of the lesion will prevent recurrence, the patient stops receiving radiotherapy, chemotherapy or traditional Chinese medicine treatment, which leads to recurrence and metastasis of the disease.

3. There is prejudice against TCM treatment, believing that TCM treatment has no effect on the disease, and thus giving up TCM treatment, or only starting TCM treatment when cachexia occurs in the late stage of gastric cancer.