Stomach cancer is cancer that’s found anywhere in the stomach. The stomach is part of the digestive system. It helps you digest food.
Treatment of stomach cancer depends on:
- The type and size of the stomach cancer you have
- where it is
- If it has spread(metastasis)
- Your general health
Treatment of Stomach Cancer
Treatment for stomach cancer usually includes surgery and chemotherapy. It may also include radiotherapy and treatment with targeted medicines.
- Surgery
If stomach cancer is found early, has not spread or has not spread far you may be able to have surgery to remove it.
Surgery will remove part or all of the stomach. They may also need to remove parts of other organs around the stomach.
- Chemotherapy
It uses medicines to kill cancer cells.
You may have chemotherapy for stomach cancer:
- Before and after surgery to help make cancer smaller
- After surgery to help stop cancer coming back
- At the same time as other treatments to help make them more effective
- To help control and improve the symptoms of advanced cancer or if cancer cannot be removed by surgery – sometimes given alongside treatment with targeted medicines.
- Radiotherapy:
It uses high-energy rays of radiation to kill cancer cells.
You may have radiotherapy for stomach cancer:
- Chemotherapy (chemoradiotherapy) to help stop cancer coming back
- To help control and improve the symptoms of advanced cancer
- Treatment with targeted medicine
It aims to stop cancer from growing. You may have them with chemotherapy to treat advanced stomach cancer.
References:
- https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stomach-cancer/