Can surgery be performed in the late stage of gastric cancer?

Advanced gastric cancer generally cannot be treated with surgery. Since surgery cannot improve the patient's treatment effect or prolong the patient's survival, it will only increase the risk of surgery for the patient. Therefore, advanced gastric cancer cannot be treated with surgery.

Gastric cancer is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. The symptoms of early patients are often not obvious. After the disease progresses, patients will have corresponding clinical manifestations, such as pain and discomfort in the middle and upper abdomen, choking when eating, and even difficulty eating. Some patients have symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding, such as vomiting blood, black stools, etc. Early detection and early treatment of tumors can often achieve better treatment effects, while the treatment effect in the late stage is generally poor.

Patients with advanced gastric cancer generally receive supportive treatment, which aims to relieve pain, improve quality of life, and prolong survival, including analgesia, correction of anemia, improvement of appetite, improvement of nutritional status, relief of obstruction, control of ascites, and psychological treatment.

Patients should eat a light diet in their daily life. They can eat some fruits and vegetables, such as kiwi, apples, bananas, cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, etc., eat less greasy food, such as barbecue, fried chicken, etc., and eat less spicy food, such as pepper, mustard, onion, ginger, garlic, etc.