The main method of using chemotherapy to treat gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is a disease that is difficult to cure and causes great harm to patients, even endangering their lives. Therefore, it is important to treat the disease in a timely manner after it is discovered. In addition to surgical treatment, chemotherapy can also be used. It is necessary to understand the main methods of chemotherapy for gastric cancer in order to better help patients.

1. Radical chemotherapy

Radical chemotherapy belongs to conventional chemotherapy in the chemotherapy classification. It is suitable for patients who have undergone surgery for advanced gastric cancer or are not suitable for surgical treatment. At this time, chemical drugs can be used to prolong life, that is, chemotherapy treatment methods can be used to help patients improve their quality of life. During treatment, attention should also be paid to the use of anticancer drugs to better treat patients.

2. Adjuvant chemotherapy

Adjuvant chemotherapy is one of the main methods for treating gastric cancer. It is mainly used for patients after tumor surgical resection or radiotherapy. This method can control residual cancer foci and eliminate micro-cancer foci. Its main function is to delay or control recurrence and metastasis. Adjuvant chemotherapy is a component of radical chemotherapy and a continuation of radical chemotherapy. This method is the most widely used clinically and can be applied before, during and after surgery.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

This method is performed before surgery, and chemotherapy is carried out through a special route to shrink the lesion, reduce the clinical stage, and increase the chance of radical resection. The advantage of this method is that it can concentrate the drug effect on the tumor site with little side effects on the whole body.