Surgery For Stomach Cancer: Prognosis. How Long Do People Live After Surgery For Stomach Cancer

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:43

Stomach cancer surgery

Doctors believe that the main reasons for the occurrence of stomach cancer are the effects of bacteria called Helicobacter, and vitamin B12 deficiency. From the causes of the disease, sharp inflammatory processes that atrophy the stomach are not excluded.

Content:

• Operation to alleviate the patient's condition
• When not to have a gastrectomy
• Rehabilitation after surgery stomach cancer
• Consequences of the operation

Methods for getting rid of stomach cancer

Rather, it is used in stomach cancer surgery to remove it and exclude painful signs of malignant neoplasm. Patients, in order to avoid recurrence of the disease, use radiation (radiotherapy) or drug treatment. Strict adherence to a diet before and after surgery is recognized as an effective method of treatment. There are different types of stomach surgeries:

• Complete removal (resection) when the malignant tumor has spread to the middle of the stomach. During the operation, it is possible to remove the spleen and part (or completely) of the pancreas;
• Gastrectomy, which gives the same results, but does not require extensive surgical intervention;
• Partial surgery involves resection of the part of the stomach located near the esophagus, and sometimes part of the esophagus is resected;
• Removal of lymph nodes is performed when adenocarcioma is detected.

Operation to alleviate the patient's condition

When the question becomes relevant: how long they live after surgery for stomach cancer, patients already know that the prognosis is not comforting. But if a person knows the type of tumor, he agrees to remove part of the stomach. This operation allows the passage of food past the tumor.

Survival after gastric cancer surgery depends on the level of metastasis and the state of the immune system. Strict adherence to a special diet prescribed by a doctor is very important for prolonging life.

When not to have a gastrectomy

Not every person with cancer will allow themselves to have some part of their stomach removed. The attending physician should determine the following points:

• Penetration (or absence) of metastases in the lungs;
• Penetration of liver metastases;
• The defeat of lymph nodes with metastases, which cannot be removed with a part of the stomach for reasons of their remoteness;
• Exhaustion of the body (cachexia), ascites, and other serious illnesses are also contraindications for gastric cancer surgery.

Rehabilitation after surgery stomach cancer

The consequences of the operation have their own characteristics, they are that food enters the duodenum, bypassing the esophagus. Therefore, the patient must exclude foods that require long-term digestion from the diet. A correct and healthy daily routine is also very important during the rehabilitation time.

Usually the period lasts 10-12 months, if after surgery for gastric cancer, metastases have not penetrated into the nearby organs.

Consequences of the operation

It doesn't matter at all that stomach surgery will entail disability. People who have endured this should organize their lives in such a way that restrictions in some actions do not affect the very quality of life. Dieting, going to the gym, doing household chores - these actions contribute to both physical and psychological rehabilitation.

It is difficult to determine how many patients with stomach cancer live without surgery, but if a person leads an active lifestyle and simply forgets about his illness, then you can live a long and comfortable life.

The author of the article: Bykov Evgeny Pavlovich | Oncologist, surgeon

Education: graduated from residency at the Russian Scientific Oncological Center. N. N. Blokhin "and received a diploma in the specialty" Oncologist"