You may think that cancer can cause pain, and stomach cancer must also cause stomach pain? In fact, early gastric cancer has no obvious symptoms; once symptoms such as black stool, weight loss, and loss of appetite appear, it may have entered the advanced stage.
According to the statistics of the National Health Administration in 2018, gastric cancer ranked 8th among the top ten causes of cancer deaths in China, with a total of 2,379 deaths. Liu Yiting, chief physician of the Department of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chengda University Hospital, pointed out that the symptoms of early gastric cancer are often not obvious and may be confused with benign diseases, such as stomach inflammation or gastric ulcer. Clarify the cause.
Liu Yiting emphasized,
Liu Yiting explained that in addition to family inheritance, gastric cancer is commonly associated with acquired environmental risk factors, including: frequent consumption of barbecue, pickled or processed foods containing nitrates, alcohol, smoking, etc., all require special attention. In addition, gastric pylori infection, gastric ulcer, or those who have undergone gastrectomy will also have a higher incidence of gastric cancer.
Liu Yiting said that for stage 2 and 3 patients with a higher risk of postoperative recurrence, health insurance currently has the conditions to provide 1 year of adjuvant oral chemotherapy drugs.
If distant metastasis has occurred at the time of initial diagnosis, the treatment method is mainly compound chemotherapy. Commonly used first-line chemotherapy drugs include platinum drugs combined with fluoropyrimidine amino nitrate drugs; for patients with HER2 gene overexpression of gastric adenocarcinoma, Year 2Starting this month, China Health Insurance will provide first-line targeted therapy drugs, which will greatly reduce the financial burden on patients and their families.
Liu Yiting suggested again,
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