Patients with early-stage gastric cancer may consider stomach-preserving surgery, as it led to better quality-of-life and nutritional outcomes in a study. Stomach-preserving surgery may improve ...

The treatment goals and options for stomach cancer vary depending on how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread. Surgery is often an effective treatment option for people with early-stage ...

Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, begins in the cells that line the stomach. The vast majority of stomach cancers are the adenocarcinoma type, which affects the glandular mucus-producing ...

A small Italian study suggests a way to safely reduce gastrectomy rates in microsatellite instability-high disease.

Gastrectomy is a type of major surgery to remove part or all of the stomach. Surgeons most commonly perform the procedure to treat stomach cancer. The amount or part of the stomach surgeons remove ...

Nutritional support in advanced gastric cancer patients enhances treatment continuity and predicts longer time to treatment failure, but not overall survival. The study involved 324 patients, with 23% ...

Immunotherapy may help shrink a tumor or slow the growth of cancer cells. People may have it in combination with other treatments for stomach cancer. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune ...

Jack Georgakis was in his mid-thirties when he was diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. Troubles for the hardy New Yorker, who had an active lifestyle that included hobbies such as ...