How often should chemotherapy be performed for gastric cancer? What should be paid attention to during chemotherapy?

Gastric cancer chemotherapy has a 3-week cycle, which means that chemotherapy drugs are used in a cycle of 3 weeks. Why is 3 weeks chosen as a cycle? It is mainly determined based on some data from clinical research. First of all, the shorter the chemotherapy drug use cycle, the better, so that it can have a better therapeutic effect. There are also some things to pay attention to after chemotherapy, mainly the diet.

Gastric cancer is simply a killer of human beings. Most of the cancer patients in China suffer from gastric cancer. It can be seen how terrible gastric cancer is. However, some people are very unfortunate and are attacked by gastric cancer. Once gastric cancer occurs, they must receive treatment. In the late stage, chemotherapy must be carried out regularly. So how often should chemotherapy be performed for gastric cancer?
1. How often is chemotherapy for gastric cancer used ?<br/>No matter what kind of cancer, chemotherapy requires a cycle, and gastric cancer is no exception. First of all, let's understand the cycle of tumor chemotherapy, which refers to the time from the start of one chemotherapy to the start of the next chemotherapy. Generally speaking, the chemotherapy cycle for gastric cancer is 3 weeks, that is, 3 weeks is a cycle of chemotherapy drugs. Why choose 3 weeks as a cycle? It is mainly determined by some data from clinical research. First of all, it is hoped that the shorter the cycle of chemotherapy drugs, the better, so that it can play a better therapeutic role; in addition, because chemotherapy drugs can cause some harm to the human body, patients need some time to recover their health. Therefore, after repeated clinical observations and studies, it is found that 3 weeks is a more suitable time for patients. If the time is too long, the effect may decrease; if the time is too short, it may cause the patient's body to be difficult to tolerate and cannot return to normal. Of course, some patients can take some other time, such as a chemotherapy regimen of 4 weeks as a cycle. At present, there is also an intensive chemotherapy regimen of 1 week of medication, called a weekly regimen. Of course, this regimen must be carefully formulated and some appropriate chemotherapy drugs must be selected.
2. Precautions during chemotherapy for gastric cancer <br/>During chemotherapy for gastric cancer, attention should be paid to how to pass the chemotherapy stages smoothly and not delay the use of chemotherapy drugs, because the most uncomfortable things during chemotherapy may be nausea, vomiting, and anorexia, so try to let the patient eat things that are smooth and easy to digest, and of course no spicy or irritating food.
After chemotherapy, especially for patients with poor digestion and absorption of the stomach, patients should eat more nutritious food, such as eggs, meat and milk. The use of special chemotherapy drugs, such as oxaliplatin and paclitaxel, are very commonly used drugs for gastric cancer. Its side effect is peripheral neuropathy, so doctors must tell patients not to touch cold things during chemotherapy, such as washing face, brushing teeth, washing hands and feet must use hot water, etc.