How long can you live with advanced gastric cancer? Doing 3 more things in your daily life can prolong your life

Gastric cancer is one of the common digestive tract tumors. In modern society, people live at a fast pace and have high work pressure. Many people have irregular diets and unbalanced nutrition, which are the causes of the high incidence of gastric cancer. The early symptoms of gastric cancer are very similar to those of general digestive tract diseases. It is difficult for patients to detect, so many patients are often diagnosed with gastric cancer in the middle and late stages, and the treatment effect is often not good at this time.

How long can you live with advanced gastric cancer?

The overall 5-year survival rate of gastric cancer is 8% to 11%. Currently, the radical surgery rate for early gastric cancer is 90% to 100%, and the 5-year survival rate after surgery is 90% to 99%.

For patients with advanced cancer, treatment is more difficult because they have a heavy psychological burden, which has a great adverse effect on their condition. Therefore, the treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer must be comprehensive and integrated. In addition to comprehensive and integrated treatment, doing three more things in daily life can also prolong survival.

1. Maintain a positive attitude

The mentality of patients with advanced cancer is also very important. They should not lower their awareness of survival just because their disease has reached the advanced stage. They should actively cooperate with treatment, maintain a good mental state, and increase their survival time.

2. Good eating habits

Patients with advanced gastric cancer should avoid spicy, smoked, grilled, or fried foods. They should eat small but frequent meals to ensure the nutrition they need. They should also drink a glass of water every morning. During chemotherapy, they should eat even if there are adverse reactions. Only by maintaining body functions can they better fight cancer.

3. Keep exercising

Life lies in movement. Only by moving can the body's immunity be enhanced. Patients can start with aerobic exercises such as walking, jogging, practicing Tai Chi slowly, and cycling by the lake, so that the body can slowly recover to its previous state.