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A timeline of recent treatment strategies below will detail the progress we have made towards treating gastric cancer in recent years. An early treatment regimen was FAMTX, used in the 1990’s, and consists of fluorouracil, doxorubicin and methotrexate .
Over the past decades, patient prognosis of stomach cancer has gradually improved worldwide and survival rates in developed regions were higher than those in developing regions. White men and Asian women had a poorer survival than white women and Asian men.
5 sty 2024 · Gastric cancer survivorship has improved over the years due to optimizing treatment delivery and symptom management. Multimodal therapy depends on the stage of gastric cancer, family history, comorbidities, and patient performance status.
29 lip 2022 · In previously treated gastric cancer, treatment options often follow clinical trials which have enrolled patients with gastric and OGJ cancer.
15 maj 2019 · Health & Medicine. Clearing up chemo options for frail and elderly patients with advanced oesophageal and stomach cancers. by Gabriella Beer | Analysis. 15 May 2019. 9 comments. 10 mins read. Share this article. The older you are the more likely you are to develop cancer.
25 lip 2023 · This real-world population-based cohort study evaluated the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in older patients (aged ≥65 years old) after D2-gastrectomy. Adjuvant chemotherapy was associated with better overall survival and cancer-specific survival than surgery alone.
31 maj 2023 · The 5-year relative survival rates for different stages of stomach cancer are: 75% for localized stomach cancer (cancer is in the stomach only) 35% for regional stomach cancer (cancer has spread beyond the stomach to nearby lymph nodes or organs)
