Indications and options for chemotherapy for gastric cancer

Gastric cancer has the highest incidence rate in the world, especially in Asia. China has such a large population base that gastric cancer in China accounts for nearly half of the world's absolute number, which means that half of the gastric cancer patients in the world are Chinese. Therefore, gastric cancer is a common and high-incidence disease in China, and it accounts for the absolute first number. After surgical treatment for patients with Weil, chemotherapy can be used to control the disease according to the stage and patients who cannot undergo surgery. The main choice is oxaliplatin combined with fluorouracil or Segalovirus. At the same time, combined targeted drugs such as apatinib or Herceptin can also be considered for treatment. The cure for gastric cancer is still mainly surgery. Patients with early gastric cancer and those under the age of 40 need chemotherapy. Patients with advanced gastric cancer must undergo corresponding postoperative chemotherapy.

What should I eat after chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer?

It is recommended to combine Chinese and Western medicine. Cancer cannot be cured. Western medicine surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are effective, but patients suffer from pain and are prone to relapse. Chinese medicine can make up for the shortcomings of Western medicine. During chemotherapy, nutrition needs to be strengthened and high-protein diets such as turtles, eggs, and milk are eaten. The effect of chemotherapy for gastric cancer is obviously related to the patient's physical condition and nutritional quality.

What is the progression stage of gastric cancer?

Advanced gastric cancer belongs to the middle stage. Gastric cancer can be surgically removed in regular hospitals in the early and middle stages. If not treated in time, it is likely to spread cancer cells further, affecting the patient's life. Advanced gastric cancer usually belongs to stage III or IV. Due to clinical basis, different combinations of TNM gastric cancer during stage I to IV can be combined. Advanced gastric cancer considers that cancer cells have invaded the muscular layer or muscular layer of the stomach wall, and there may be lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis. Special attention should be paid to the morphological differentiation of gastric ulcer-type gastric cancer and benign gastric peptic ulcer.