Ring-cell carcinoma of the stomach: symptoms, prognosis and treatment characteristics

Fingerworm (or cystic cell carcinoma) cancer is a malignant neoplasm in the stomach that ranks second among all GI tract tumors. The first is adenocarcinoma of the stomach.

When the disease affects any part of the digestive organ, then the tumor grows, spreading across all its layers. This tumor is extremely malignant. Metastases quickly appear in other organs.

Description of the disease

There is in this disease a special transformation of cancer cells, from which the name "cricoid-cell carcinoma" occurs. Atypical cells that fill the glandular epithelium accumulate a substance such as mucin. This substance under normal conditions is able to protect cells from bacteria, but it can happen that mucin becomes too much. As a result, the nucleus of the cell will be squeezed, and its displacement will be closer to the shell. When histology is performed, atypical cancer cells are detected in the form of a ring.

Ring-shaped gastric cancer is a cancer that is characterized by endophytic growth. There is a proliferation of abnormal cells inside, with the seizure of the mucous, then the muscular and serous layers of the organ.

The growth of the neoplasm is not only deep, but also in breadth, since the tumor has no clear boundaries. That is why the optimal method of therapy is extremely difficult to choose.

Tumor cells quickly spread through the body through the lymphatic fluid. Almost half of the patients diagnosed with ring-cell carcinoma have tumor growth in all layers of the stomach. This kind of oncology is treatable, but only on condition of early detection, before the appearance of metastases.

This type of cancer is most often in young women. This can not yet be explained by oncologists.

Main reasons

Ringworm-cell carcinoma of the stomach occurs for the same reasons as other types of cancer. Here, the primary effect is on the stomach disruption of diet and harmful food. Risk factors include:

• Special predilection for spicy, salty, smoked, pickled and heavily fried foods;
• Food is irregular, dry, cold or too hot food;
• Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.

All this constantly irritates the gastric mucosa, the structure of the cells changes, their functions are violated. Because of this, normal cells form cancer.

In addition to nutrition, there are a number of reasons for the appearance of cricoid carcinoma:

• Heredity - by doctors-oncologists confirmed the fact of development of this type of cancer in cases when relatives were ill with oncology;
• Detection in the gastric juice Helicobacter pylori - in connection with this there is a constant inflammation of the mucous layer of the stomach, which provokes a chronic disease, after which cancer is possible;
• The existence of unfavorable living conditions - if there are some chemical elements in the soil layer (and so it happens in some regions of our country), these carcinogenic substances accumulate in the plants that a person consumes;
• Bad habits - not only alcohol, but also smoking can provoke cancer (tobacco tar decomposes, after which a large number of carcinogenic elements are formed, and they negatively affect all organs and systems of the body).

In addition, a person can develop a precancerous condition. This can be very dangerous.

To precancerous conditions include the presence of polyps in the stomach, dysplasia, atrophic gastritis. These pathologies must be cured, otherwise there is a risk of their transformation into cancer.

How does the disease manifest itself?

Often the disease in the first two stages does not manifest itself at all. This is why the transstemia cell carcinoma of the stomach is found in the 3rd and 4th stages. Symptoms occur with the growth of the tumor in width and depth.

The main signs of this type of cancer:

• Rapid satiety after eating, heaviness in the abdomen due to swelling;
• The appearance of nausea, vomiting, swelling, diarrhea, constipation;
• Belching with air, frequent heartburn;
• Constant fatigue, drowsiness;
• Elevated body temperature.

Digestion worsens, metabolism is disrupted. The body lacks vitamins and microelements. The level of hemoglobin falls. There is a loss and dryness of hair, pale skin, weakness. A person experiences constant aching pain in the stomach, which does not depend on food intake.

He has an aversion to meat and fish dishes. It is for this reason that there is a sharp weight loss. The tumor of the cardiac department causes dysphagia, that is, the feeling of a lump in the throat. If the small intestine suffers, the peristalsis is also disturbed. If the tumor is too large, then it threatens with complete obstruction, which requires urgent surgical intervention.

Sometimes the cancer breaks down, then it is fraught with gastric bleeding. Also there is apathy, depression, sleep disturbance. Most often it happens already at the third stage.

And how does the transstemia cell carcinoma of the stomach of the 4th stage manifest itself? The 4th stage is characterized by a complete lack of appetite, expressed by cachexia, ascites. The patient often lies. There are metastases in other organs, therefore, everything else is joined by another symptomatology, because vital systems cease to function normally.

Stages of

There are several stages of cricoid carcinoma:

• Zero - the presence of cancer cells in the surface layer of the stomach;
• The first - the mucous membrane suffers;
• The second - the outer layer is touched;
• The third - the tumor extends to all layers and neighboring organs (on the diaphragm, liver, kidneys, pancreas, peritoneum, spleen), lymph nodes are affected;
• The fourth - foci found in remote organs.

Diagnostics

For treatment to be successful, it must be timely. Therefore, it is necessary to consult a doctor with the first complaints from the stomach (pain, dyspepsia, severity, heartburn). In addition, it is useful to undergo scheduled physical examinations and complex examinations regularly.

To identify the transstem cell carcinoma of the stomach, it is necessary:

• To hand over a blood on the analysis (including on onkomarkery) - so inflammation in an organism, a low hemoglobin, failures in heart and a liver is found out;
• Conduct gastroscopy and simultaneous biopsy (with a tube inserted into the stomach with a camera at the end, all changes in the mucosa are clearly visible, then a small piece for histology is specially pinched);
• Conduct ultrasound examination of the peritoneal organs - it allows to identify inflammations and secondary cancer sites;
• Pass X-ray with a contrast agent to notice changes in the stomach;
• To conduct a computer tomography, thanks to this metastases are detected and the area of the malignant process in the body is determined.

Ring-cell carcinoma of the stomach: treatment

Therapy of this type of cancer consists in a surgical operation to remove the tumor itself, part of the stomach, lymph nodes. At the late stage of the disease, the secondary focus is also removed. Then they prescribe chemotherapy. It may be prescribed before surgery, which may lead to a reduction in the area of the malignant process. This is important in the diagnosis of "ring-cell carcinoma of the stomach." Chemotherapy after surgery improves prognosis. Microscopic foci of cancer are thus destroyed very qualitatively.

Palliative therapy with antitumor drugs is also used to relieve the patient's condition. So you can extend his life.

Radiation therapy is rarely used. The area of malignant processes is too large for irradiation. With the help of special drugs reduce pain, improve the digestive process, protecting the heart and kidneys.

This is how the treatment of cricoid carcinoma in hospitals.

Forecast of life

This type of cancer has an aggressive course with a disappointing prognosis. And only early detection, as well as timely treatment will survive for 5 years after the operation. The chances are 85%.

If the third stage of the disease was found, then the survival rate for 5 years is only 40%. At this time there are metastases in other organs that modern methods of treatment can not be overcome. This is dangerous cyst-cell carcinoma of the stomach.

The prognosis after the operation in case of detection of the disease at the 4th stage is poor. Death often comes suddenly. But if you hold supportive therapy, you can survive a few more months with cricoid gastric cancer. To live 5 years after surgery is possible, but the chance is 5-10%.

Doctor Wallock's advice

Known throughout the world, Dr. Wallock, the treatment of ring-cell carcinoma of the stomach suggests conducting with a diet. He recommends including in the diet beta-carotene, vitamin E and a trace element selenium. This will help, in his opinion, reduce the death rate from oncology. Enrichment of food with nutrients can cure and prevent many other dangerous diseases.

Conclusion

A full and healthy diet is the guarantee of a long life. Also it is necessary to minimize all bad habits. This is especially true for people with hereditary predispositions. If there are chronic diseases of the digestive tract, they must be treated and preventively examined (at least once a year). And do not completely rely on alternative treatment of the transstimoid cancer of the stomach.