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What Is The Life Expectancy Of Someone With Gastric Cancer?
Question: Brother was diagnosed with stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma Dr tried surgery on Nov 13 2015 closed him back up and said cancer a spreaded to liver and lymph nodes, next course of action is chemo but we are transferring him to new doctor and new f acility. If he can tolerate chemo what is his life expectancy He had esophageal cancer 7 months go and was treated with chemo and radiation and did excellent with no side effects
Brief Answer:
unfortunately bad prognosis
Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome. It is always difficult to talk about prognosis since every man and disease is individual,also some data about tumor type and grade would be useful for me. However, unfortunately, in cases of inoperable stomach cancer with liver and peritoneal dissemination, the prognosis is very poor and chemo and radiotherapy are just palliative method with very limited success. With no treatment the life expectancy for such stages is around 6 months. If there will be great response to chemo that he can tolerate then it may be prolonged for several more months. 1 year survival for 4. stage of stomach cancer is around 15%, and 3 years survival around 3%. I am sorry I dont have more optimistic predictions but this is agressive cancer where only complete surgical resection may provide some long term hope. I am sorry for pesimistic words, but these are statistics and you can always hope for best scenario and support him as much as you can. There is experimental surgery for disseminated stomach cancer and include HIPEC which is succesful in some ovarian and colon cancers and use in stomach cancer is still under investigation.
Wish you good health. Regards
unfortunately bad prognosis
Detailed Answer:
Hi and welcome. It is always difficult to talk about prognosis since every man and disease is individual,also some data about tumor type and grade would be useful for me. However, unfortunately, in cases of inoperable stomach cancer with liver and peritoneal dissemination, the prognosis is very poor and chemo and radiotherapy are just palliative method with very limited success. With no treatment the life expectancy for such stages is around 6 months. If there will be great response to chemo that he can tolerate then it may be prolonged for several more months. 1 year survival for 4. stage of stomach cancer is around 15%, and 3 years survival around 3%. I am sorry I dont have more optimistic predictions but this is agressive cancer where only complete surgical resection may provide some long term hope. I am sorry for pesimistic words, but these are statistics and you can always hope for best scenario and support him as much as you can. There is experimental surgery for disseminated stomach cancer and include HIPEC which is succesful in some ovarian and colon cancers and use in stomach cancer is still under investigation.
Wish you good health. Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
Now t hat I have looked up Complete Surgical Resection I could not find what is the life expectancy after that procedure
Brief Answer:
no precise prognosis
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Complete surgical resection means that stomach, part of the liver and involved lymph nodes must be removed and that there must not be macroscopically visible tumor anymore. In this case, his prognosis would be much better. But if surgeon evaluated and decided that this cant be treated surgically then you should trust him
no precise prognosis
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Complete surgical resection means that stomach, part of the liver and involved lymph nodes must be removed and that there must not be macroscopically visible tumor anymore. In this case, his prognosis would be much better. But if surgeon evaluated and decided that this cant be treated surgically then you should trust him
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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