Can stomach cancer recur two years after surgery?

It is possible for gastric cancer to recur two years after surgery. The time of recurrence of gastric cancer depends on the patient’s physical condition, the stage of gastric cancer and the type of gastric cancer. The time of recurrence and metastasis of early gastric cancer will be correspondingly longer, while for progressive gastric cancer, early metastasis is usually easy to occur. If the pathology shows that the cancer is highly differentiated, the prognosis is better and the chance of early recurrence and metastasis is less. If it is hypodifferentiated or undifferentiated, or even indolent cell carcinoma, this type of cancer is extremely malignant and prone to early recurrence and metastasis. Therefore, for patients with postoperative gastric cancer, further adjuvant chemotherapy is needed to reduce the occurrence of recurrence and metastasis after surgery. In addition, patients with gastric cancer need to be regularly followed up and can undergo upper abdominal CT gastroscopy and tumor marker examination to determine whether gastric cancer has recurred. The above content is for reference only, please refer to the doctor’s instruction for specific medication and treatment.