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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.
disease. The overall 5-year survival rate of all 86 patients was 88.3%, and the disease-speciï¬c 5-year survival rate was 95.6%. The overall 5-year survival rate of the 51 patients in the PG group (88.7%) was similar to that of the 35 patients in the TG group (87.6%; P Â¼ 0.971). The disease-speciï¬c 5-year survival rates were 97.1% (PG) and 93.4% (TG), respectively (P Â¼ 0.553; Table 3). Discussion The prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer located in the upper third of the stomach was reported to be worse than for other sites.7â9 Thus, it is clear that total gastrectomy (TG) with D2 lymphadenectomy is indicated in patients with advanced gastric cancer located in the upper third of the stomach.