How to treat advanced gastric cancer
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My grandfather is in advanced stage of gastric cancer. The doctor suggests us to treat it conservatively. Because the patient is older and his condition is in advanced stage, it is suggested to treat it with traditional Chinese medicine. Let me specifically talk about the knowledge of how to treat advanced gastric cancer.
How to treat advanced gastric cancer
Radical resection: there are two kinds of radical resection: radical resection and extended radical resection. (1) The scope of radical resection should include the primary lesion, 2 / 3 or 4 / 5 of the distal part of the stomach, all omentum and omentum, the first part of duodenum and regional lymph nodes, as well as locally infiltrated organs. There is no residual cancer at the end of the stomach or duodenum. (2) In addition to the above, the whole stomach or adjacent invaded transverse colon, left lobe of liver, spleen, body and tail of pancreas and lymph nodes beside the left and splenic vessels of cardia should be resected.
The second method: radiotherapy, radiation complications, and even cause partial loss of function; for patients with advanced cancer, radiotherapy effect is not good. At the same time, for patients with poor constitution and older age, continued radiotherapy can only lead to more vulnerable life and accelerate the death of patients. The radiosensitivity of gastric adenocarcinoma is low. After radiotherapy alone or combined with chemotherapy, only 60% of the tumors shrink by more than 50%, and only 10% of the tumors disappear completely. Therefore, radiotherapy alone can not be used to cure gastric cancer. The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of gastric cancer is mainly adjuvant or palliative.
The third method: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, traditional Chinese medicine treatment in the treatment of cancer, different from western medicine. Take gastric cancer as an example, the surgical treatment of Western medicine is only a relatively thorough treatment of the local part of the body, but there will still be residual cancer cells. After the operation, it must be combined with chemotherapy and other postoperative treatment programs. And traditional Chinese medicine treatment, because of its characteristics of internal adjustment and external treatment, is to treat gastric cancer, but also to take care of the patient's body, is from the overall concept, the implementation of syndrome differentiation, not only consider the local treatment, but also take the method of strengthening the body, has a good effect on the patient's general condition. Moreover, TCM treatment can reduce the side effects of chemotherapy and enhance the effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In addition, some patients with gastric cancer with special physical fitness can not be treated by surgery, and traditional Chinese medicine can help them with gastric cancer treatment.
matters needing attention
Patients with advanced gastric cancer should maintain a good state of mind, actively cooperate with treatment, do some proper exercise, pay attention to the nutritional balance of diet, eat less and more meals, patients with subtotal gastrectomy should eat less and more meals, eat 6-7 times a day, regular and quantitative meals can make the stomach not empty, but also gradually adapt to the digestive function of the remnant stomach. Less food and more meals should be an important dietary system for patients with gastric cancer after resection. In order to prolong the stay time of food in the stomach, we can only eat dry food without drinking water. We can drink water 30 minutes after the meal, so as to avoid the food being washed into the small intestine quickly, pass through the small intestine slowly, and promote the further absorption of food.
