Stage III gastric cancer has a low cure rate, but standardized treatment can effectively prolong life and improve quality of life.
Gastric cancer is a common malignant tumor in the upper gastrointestinal system. The occurrence of the disease is related to Helicobacter pylori infection, heredity and other factors.
Stage III gastric cancer belongs to middle and advanced gastric cancer, and when it develops to the intrinsic muscle layer, systemic metastasis of cancer cells may occur. Therefore, if there is metastasis and spreading of cancer cells, resulting in cancer cells spreading all over the body, surgical treatment can only resect the lesion, and it does not cure other metastatic sites, and it is easy to recur. Therefore, the cure rate is low.
Therefore, the combination of surgery and chemotherapy is advocated, and chemotherapy treatment can slow down the growth of patients’ tumor and improve the symptoms. It has certain short-term curative effect and can prolong the survival time of patients.
For patients with stage III gastric cancer, they should strengthen nutritional intake, enhance physical fitness, standardize anti-tumor treatment under the guidance of doctors, and a positive and optimistic attitude can also help to improve the clinical therapeutic effect. When discomfort occurs, go to the hospital for treatment immediately.