What is radiotherapy for gastric cancer

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My colleague's cousin suffered from gastric cancer, frequent attacks and severe pain. Others advised my colleague to take his cousin to radiotherapy. My colleague didn't know what radiotherapy for gastric cancer was. He came to ask me because my grandmother had done it. I don't remember very well. I called my grandmother's former attending doctor and he patiently introduced me. Now let me tell you what radiotherapy is for gastric cancer.

What is radiotherapy for gastric cancer

First, radiotherapy for gastric cancer has a long history, but in the past, due to the limitation of radiation technology or the wrong clinical treatment methods, radiotherapy did not show obvious advantages in the treatment of gastric cancer, which made radiotherapy stagnate in the treatment of gastric cancer. Generally, it was only used for palliative hemostasis and analgesic treatment, but not recommended as a routine adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer patients Help to cure.

Second, with more and more attention paid to the role of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for gastric cancer, the efficacy of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy tends to be positive. In the traditional regimen, 5-FU can enhance the sensitivity of radiotherapy, which can improve the control rate of local radiotherapy. In recent years, new chemotherapeutic regimens such as paclitaxel and capecitabine have been added, which have new advantages in improving the efficacy or reducing toxicity.

Third: 1 / 3 of the patients received palliative radiotherapy (median dose was 35gy, divided into 14 times); 2 / 3 of the patients received chemotherapy at the same time of radiotherapy, and the median follow-up time was 3. One month. Results: the overall control rates of bleeding, dysphagia / obstruction and pain were 70% (14 / 20), 81% (13 / 16) and 86% (6 / 7), respectively. The long-term remission rates were 70%, 81% and 49%, respectively, when no other treatment was needed.

matters needing attention

Radiotherapy for gastric cancer is of great help to the treatment of gastric cancer, but I suggest you choose the treatment plan according to your own physical condition. Each treatment method has different effects, but it has disadvantages. To do a serious examination, find the pathogen, consult a doctor.