How long can you live after stage three gastric cancer resection

Patients with stage III gastric cancer must undergo chemotherapy after surgery. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include fluorouracil, mitomycin, oxaliplatin, Xeloda, etc. Some patients can also use targeted therapy drugs or some other drugs, such as Lentinan, interleukin, interferon, etc. According to clinical statistics, the 5-year survival rate of stage III gastric cancer after surgery and combined postoperative chemotherapy is usually around 30%. The three stages of gastric cancer are divided into early, middle and late stages. If surgery is not performed in the early stage.

What are the early symptoms and examination items of gastric cancer?

Gastric cancer, like most tumors, is difficult to detect and diagnose early. The main reason is that patients often do not feel any obvious abnormalities in the early stages, and by the time more typical symptoms appear, it is often no longer in the early stages. The early stages of gastric cancer usually have some very atypical symptoms, such as mild nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, heartburn, loss of appetite, indigestion, or frequent upper abdominal discomfort or dull pain. Early screening for gastric cancer is required. If the patient can pay attention to the initial mild symptoms and undergo further examinations and treatment, satisfactory results can basically be achieved. In addition, there are some special examinations. For example, patients with complications will undergo a gastroscopy before surgery.

What is the difference between gastric ulcer and gastric cancer?

The difference between the symptoms of gastric ulcer and gastric cancer is that there may be no symptoms in the early stage of gastric cancer. Even if there are symptoms, they are non-specific, manifested as fullness, indigestion, and upper abdominal pain, which are easily mistaken for ordinary gastritis. In order to prevent gastric cancer and gastric ulcer, it is necessary to treat the gastric disease as early as possible in the early stage of the disease, so as to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of gastric cancer. There are obvious differences between gastric ulcer and gastric cancer in essence.