Prognosis

If you have advanced stomach cancer, your chance for recovery is poor. Whether the cancer has spread into your abdominal cavity is the crucial factor in predicting your outcome.

• The average survival time is usually less than 1 year, regardless of where the primary tumor was located. None of the available treatments seem to improve the survival time.
  
  
• Factors that point to poor recovery include the following:
  
  
  • Presence of cancer in your lymph nodes
    
    
  • Involvement of distant organs
    
    
  • Tumors involving the upper one third of your stomach
  
  
• Few people with these problems live 5 years.
  
  
• If your cancer is found at an early stage of development, your chance of long-term survival approaches 70%.

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