Four treatments for gastric cancer, how many do you know?

Gastric cancer is a malignant tumor with a very high incidence in today's society. Gastric cancer may occur in the upper, middle and lower parts of the stomach and the gastroesophageal junction. Gastric cancer can be cured if it is discovered early. Gastric cancer treatment generally adopts surgical treatment, drug treatment, endoscopic treatment, chemotherapy and other methods.

Gastric cancer affects the patient's digestion and absorption function, and the patient will become thin and weak. The disease will also cause many symptoms such as upper abdominal pain. Gastric cancer also has a certain chance of being cured. What are the methods for treating gastric cancer? This question can be learned in the following content.
1. Surgical treatment <br/>Since gastric cancer usually occurs in the middle or late stages, surgical treatment is a very effective way to treat gastric cancer. Surgical treatment can remove the site of disease, and if the regional lymph nodes have been infected, the lymph nodes in the nearby area also need to be cleared. For patients in the late stages, total gastrectomy and surrounding infected organs are required if necessary. Some gastric cancers can also cause gastric bleeding and intestinal obstruction, so hemostasis surgery and intestinal diversion surgery to deal with more blocked intestines are also required.
2. Drug treatment
1. Improve digestive function <br/>Gastric cancer also requires drug treatment. The main purpose of general drug treatment is to improve the digestive function of patients with gastric cancer. Drugs such as megestrol acetate can improve the patient's digestive function and promote appetite. Drugs such as omeprazole can protect the gastric mucosa and inhibit gastric acid.
2. Relieve pain <br/>Gastric cancer can cause persistent upper abdominal pain during an attack. Generally, patients need to take medication to relieve the pain symptoms. Commonly used medications include morphine and omega-3 analgesics.
3. Cooperating medications <br/>If gastric cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, they also need to take medications to cooperate with the treatment. Commonly used medications include dexamethasone and other drugs to prevent vomiting and inotropic sodium phosphate injection and other drugs to protect other internal organs.
3. Chemotherapy <br/>Some gastric cancer patients can use chemotherapy. Although chemotherapy has very obvious side effects, if some chemotherapy is used, it may increase the success rate of surgery. Generally, a combination of platinum and fluorouracil can be used. The treatment time should not be too long, generally about two courses. Most adjuvant chemotherapy is a treatment plan after surgery.
4. Endoscopic therapy <br/>Endoscopic therapy is used for patients with early-stage gastric cancer. It has the characteristics of less trauma and quick recovery, but it is only suitable for early-stage gastric cancer, gastric mucosal cancer with particularly small tumors and no ulcers.