Treatment options for stomach cancer depends on the stage of cancer, your general health and your choice.
Surgery
The goal of surgery is to remove all stomach cancers and a margin of healthy tissue, if possible. Options include:
The removal of early-stage tumors in the abdominal cavity. Only a very small tumors in the stomach lining can be removed using endoscopy a procedure called endoscopic mucosal resection. An endoscope is a lighted tube with a camera that is passed down the throat to your stomach. The doctor will use special tools to remove the tumor and a margin of healthy tissue from the abdominal cavity.
Removal of part of the stomach (partial gastrectomy). During subtotal gastrectomy, the surgeon removes only the part of the stomach is affected by cancer.
The removal of the entire stomach (total gastrektomia). Total gastrektomia involves removing whole stomach and part of the surrounding tissue. Esophagus is then connected directly to the small intestine in order to move food through the digestive system.
Removal of lymph nodes for cancer. The surgeon examined and removed lymph nodes in the abdomen to check for cancer cells.
Surgery to relieve the signs and symptoms. Remove the abdomen can relieve the signs and symptoms of a tumor that develops in people with advanced cancer of the stomach. In this case, surgery can not cure stomach cancer, but it can make you more comfortable.
Surgery carries a risk of bleeding and infection. If all or part of your stomach is removed, you may experience problems with digestion.
Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy uses beams of high power consumption, such as X-rays to kill cancer cells. The energy rays come from a machine that moves around you as you lie on a table.
Radiotherapy can be used before surgery (neoadjuvant radiotherapy) to shrink the tumor in the abdomen, it is easier to remove. Radiation therapy can also be used after surgery (adjuvant) radiation to kill any cancer cells that might remain around the stomach. The radiation is often combined with chemotherapy. Cases of advanced cancer, radiation therapy can alleviate the side effects caused by large tumors.
Radiation therapy to the abdomen can cause diarrhea, indigestion, nausea and vomiting.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a medical treatment that uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs travel throughout the body, killing cancer cells that have spread beyond the stomach.
Chemotherapy may be given before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy) to help shrink a tumor so that it can easily be removed. Chemotherapy is also used after surgery (adjuvant chemotherapy) to kill cancer cells that may remain in the body. Chemotherapy is often associated with radiotherapy. Chemotherapy may be used only in people with advanced cancer of the stomach to help relieve the signs and symptoms.
Chemotherapy may be the only treatment used for people with rare forms of stomach cancer, such as gastric lymphoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Chemotherapy side effects depend on the drugs are used. Type of cancer of the stomach is necessary to determine which chemotherapy drugs you receive.
Targeted drugs
Targeted therapy uses drugs that attack specific abnormalities within cancer cells. Targeted drugs used to treat a rare cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor stomach. Targeted drugs used to treat this cancer are imatinib (Gleevec) and sunitinib (Sutent).
Clinical trials
Clinical trials are studies of new treatments and new ways of using existing treatments. Participating in a clinical trial can give you the opportunity to try the latest treatments. However, clinical trials can not be guaranteed a cure. In some cases, researchers may have some side effects of new treatment.
Ask your doctor if you may qualify for a clinical trial. Together you can discuss the benefits and risks.
Surgery
The goal of surgery is to remove all stomach cancers and a margin of healthy tissue, if possible. Options include:
The removal of early-stage tumors in the abdominal cavity. Only a very small tumors in the stomach lining can be removed using endoscopy a procedure called endoscopic mucosal resection. An endoscope is a lighted tube with a camera that is passed down the throat to your stomach. The doctor will use special tools to remove the tumor and a margin of healthy tissue from the abdominal cavity.
Removal of part of the stomach (partial gastrectomy). During subtotal gastrectomy, the surgeon removes only the part of the stomach is affected by cancer.
The removal of the entire stomach (total gastrektomia). Total gastrektomia involves removing whole stomach and part of the surrounding tissue. Esophagus is then connected directly to the small intestine in order to move food through the digestive system.
Removal of lymph nodes for cancer. The surgeon examined and removed lymph nodes in the abdomen to check for cancer cells.
Surgery to relieve the signs and symptoms. Remove the abdomen can relieve the signs and symptoms of a tumor that develops in people with advanced cancer of the stomach. In this case, surgery can not cure stomach cancer, but it can make you more comfortable.
Surgery carries a risk of bleeding and infection. If all or part of your stomach is removed, you may experience problems with digestion.
Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy uses beams of high power consumption, such as X-rays to kill cancer cells. The energy rays come from a machine that moves around you as you lie on a table.
Radiotherapy can be used before surgery (neoadjuvant radiotherapy) to shrink the tumor in the abdomen, it is easier to remove. Radiation therapy can also be used after surgery (adjuvant) radiation to kill any cancer cells that might remain around the stomach. The radiation is often combined with chemotherapy. Cases of advanced cancer, radiation therapy can alleviate the side effects caused by large tumors.
Radiation therapy to the abdomen can cause diarrhea, indigestion, nausea and vomiting.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a medical treatment that uses chemicals to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs travel throughout the body, killing cancer cells that have spread beyond the stomach.
Chemotherapy may be given before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy) to help shrink a tumor so that it can easily be removed. Chemotherapy is also used after surgery (adjuvant chemotherapy) to kill cancer cells that may remain in the body. Chemotherapy is often associated with radiotherapy. Chemotherapy may be used only in people with advanced cancer of the stomach to help relieve the signs and symptoms.
Chemotherapy may be the only treatment used for people with rare forms of stomach cancer, such as gastric lymphoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Chemotherapy side effects depend on the drugs are used. Type of cancer of the stomach is necessary to determine which chemotherapy drugs you receive.
Targeted drugs
Targeted therapy uses drugs that attack specific abnormalities within cancer cells. Targeted drugs used to treat a rare cancer called gastrointestinal stromal tumor stomach. Targeted drugs used to treat this cancer are imatinib (Gleevec) and sunitinib (Sutent).
Clinical trials
Clinical trials are studies of new treatments and new ways of using existing treatments. Participating in a clinical trial can give you the opportunity to try the latest treatments. However, clinical trials can not be guaranteed a cure. In some cases, researchers may have some side effects of new treatment.
Ask your doctor if you may qualify for a clinical trial. Together you can discuss the benefits and risks.
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