Stomach cancer

The initial manifestations of stomach cancer are nonspecific, which complicates the early diagnosis of the disease.

As a rule, these are symptoms of dyspepsia (pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, belching), which gives reason to suspect a peptic ulcer.

Later, a feeling of early satiety (fullness after eating a small amount of food) joins.

Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) occurs in the cancer of the cardia when it is difficult to get food from the esophagus.

Weight loss and general weakness are common, usually due to restrictions food intake.

Massive bleeding during vomiting and melena appear pretty rarely. Typically the development of anemia is due to hidden blood loss.

In some cases, the first symptoms are associated with a metastatic process (including jaundice, fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity, and bone fractures).

The first stage in diagnosing cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, including gastric tumors, isan x-ray. An X-ray examination method allows studying the location, size, contour, tumor volume, and evacuation function of the stomach.

The "gold standard" diagnosis of stomach cancer is an upper GI endoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). This method of diagnosis makes it possible to detect the tumor at an early stage of development and at the same time to collect material from the mucous membrane (tissue biopsy) for a morphological examination of the tumor. The efficiency of the EGD diagnosis reaches 95-97%.

Instrumental methods are also used at the stomach cancer diagnosis: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) to determine the prevalence of metastasis and the preparation of treatment plans.

In the absence of metastases, the main method of treating patients with stomach cancer in Ukraine is a radical surgical operation - subtotal gastrectomy or gastrectomy with the removal of regional lymph nodes.

After surgery, a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy significantly improves treatment outcomes.

In the presence of metastases or multiple lesions of regional lymph nodes, radical surgery is not indicated. As a rule, palliative interventions are performed, which involvethe imposition of a gastrointestinal anastomosis in case of obstruction of the gatekeeper,

Another treatment for patients with specific gene mutations is targeted therapy. The essence of this treatment method is the effect of drugs and substances precisely on the mechanisms of tumor cells that promote its growth and spread.

The price of gastric cancer treatment depends on the scope of the examination, the chosen treatment method, and the number of days of hospitalization in the clinic.

You can sign up for a preliminary examination and get acquainted with the prices on our website https://www.dobrobut.com/ or using the 24-hour contact center, whose contacts are listed on the clinic's website.

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