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What Is Survival Rate Of 3 Stage Gastric Cancer?
Father-in-law- 65 years.
My Father-in-law was diagonosed Gastric Cancer- stage 3A- a D2 radical gastrectomy was performed- after surgery the staging was Stage 3B- after the pathological final report- it is stage 4. The pathologist's report : diagnosis is moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma-stomach, infiltrating the serosa. proximal resected margin and distal resected margin - free.Omentum metastatic deposit. 17/20 lymphnodes show metastatic deposits- pathological stage- T3 N3-stage 4.
The doctors are planning chemotherapy wednesday/thursday this week- Me and wife far away from home (foreign country)- please could you give us a prognosis on his survival rate at this staging of the cancer.
He is 65 years old and is diabetic, had a MI 2 years ago is fine now (but continues medication) and has an enlarged prostrate. the gastrectomy was done 2 weeks ago.
Mr Samuel.
My Father-in-law was diagonosed Gastric Cancer- stage 3A- a D2 radical gastrectomy was performed- after surgery the staging was Stage 3B- after the pathological final report- it is stage 4. The pathologist's report : diagnosis is moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma-stomach, infiltrating the serosa. proximal resected margin and distal resected margin - free.Omentum metastatic deposit. 17/20 lymphnodes show metastatic deposits- pathological stage- T3 N3-stage 4.
The doctors are planning chemotherapy wednesday/thursday this week- Me and wife far away from home (foreign country)- please could you give us a prognosis on his survival rate at this staging of the cancer.
He is 65 years old and is diabetic, had a MI 2 years ago is fine now (but continues medication) and has an enlarged prostrate. the gastrectomy was done 2 weeks ago.
Mr Samuel.
Fri, 20 Mar 2015
Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Cancer is a challenging diagnosis and the course of disease is directed by treatment.
With stage 3A stomach cancer about a third of people (38%) live at least 5 years. With stage 3B about 1 in 6 people (15%) live for more than 5 years. Survival for 5 years after first detection of cancer is a milestone and with best treatments patients can survive 5 years or more with stage 3 stomach cancer.
However the staging has changed after 17 of 20 lymph nodes shoow metastasis and presently it is in stage 4. Unfortunately, about 8 out of 10 (80%) people diagnosed with stomach cancer are stage four, meaning the cancer has already spread when they are diagnosed and this is the case with your father in law. Therefore, the survival statistics are lower than for stage 3 stomach cancers. Fewer than 1 in 20 people (5%) live for at least 5 years if they have stage 4 stomach cancer when they are diagnosed.
Thanks for writing in.
Cancer is a challenging diagnosis and the course of disease is directed by treatment.
With stage 3A stomach cancer about a third of people (38%) live at least 5 years. With stage 3B about 1 in 6 people (15%) live for more than 5 years. Survival for 5 years after first detection of cancer is a milestone and with best treatments patients can survive 5 years or more with stage 3 stomach cancer.
However the staging has changed after 17 of 20 lymph nodes shoow metastasis and presently it is in stage 4. Unfortunately, about 8 out of 10 (80%) people diagnosed with stomach cancer are stage four, meaning the cancer has already spread when they are diagnosed and this is the case with your father in law. Therefore, the survival statistics are lower than for stage 3 stomach cancers. Fewer than 1 in 20 people (5%) live for at least 5 years if they have stage 4 stomach cancer when they are diagnosed.
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