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RE: alternative treatments for stomach cancer. by DorothyL on Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:24 AM. Thanks for your response. The options we are given is 9 weeks of 3 different kinds of chem (apparently the worse kind), removal of the stomach, and then 9 more weeks of chemo. 5 year survival rate is 27% with most people living for only 24 months. we were also told that CT scans are not conclusive and that if he is opened up (surgery), and there is cancer there (which is possible), then, in the doctor's own words, then we've let the horse out of the barn.
After the surgery, 3% of patients had small amounts of residual cancer remaining and 15% had large amounts of residual cancer remaining. The average survival time with this treatment regimen was 36 months, with a 5-year survival rate of 28%. Women who had a long interval between initial treatment and the cancer recurrence had better outcomes, as did those who had only small amounts of visible cancer at the time of the second treatment.