What to do if squamous cell carcinoma metastasizes to the stomach in the elderly

The patient, male, 59 years old, was diagnosed with a tumor at the gastric cardia by gastroscopy in May 2012. Pathological examination showed squamous cell carcinoma with necrosis. In this case, can surgery and chemotherapy be performed?

Because the patient is relatively old, already 59 years old, surgery and chemotherapy are generally not recommended. Conservative treatment measures such as traditional Chinese medicine can be chosen.

Gastric squamous cell carcinoma is a special type of gastric cancer. It is a rare type of gastric cancer, accounting for only 0.04% to 0.7% of all gastric cancers. It is mostly formed by squamous transformation of gastric mucosal epithelium on the basis of chronic inflammation. It is more common in men. The arrangement of its cancer cells is similar to squamous epithelium, and the cells are not syncytial. The 5-year survival rate of gastric squamous cell carcinoma is low, and it should be treated as soon as possible.

For patients with good physical condition, surgery, chemotherapy and other treatment methods can be chosen. However, if the patient is older, surgery and chemotherapy are not suitable, because chemotherapy is a treatment method that uses chemical drugs to kill tumor cells, inhibit the growth and reproduction of tumor cells, and promote the differentiation of tumor cells. While chemotherapy kills tumor cells, it also kills normal cells and immune cells, which is very harmful to the body. You can choose traditional Chinese medicine with small side effects for conservative treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can selectively kill cancer cells without damaging normal cells, and has no toxic side effects. It can quickly improve clinical symptoms, improve and protect the body's immune function, and can overall inhibit and directly kill cancer cells, and significantly inhibit the metastasis and spread of cancer cells.