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STOMACH CANCER
Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre is one of the top cancer hospitals of India for advanced cancer treatment for stomach cancer.
Dharamshila Hospital offers comprehensive care for patients with Stomach Cancer, including advanced diagnosis, best treatment options and rehabilitation services. A team of Surgical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Rehabilitation team and other medical specialties work together to treat each Stomach Cancer patient. Genetic counseling is offered, if the patient has a family history of gastric and other cancers.
Treatment teams at Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre consider each patient's type and extent of Stomach Cancer to recommend the most appropriate treatment plan. They also carefully consider and select the treatment option that will make the patient disease free with good quality of life.
- Physical exam: oncologist feels the abdomen of the patient for fluid, swelling, or other changes. They also will check for swollen lymph nodes.
- Endoscopy: Surgical Oncologist uses a thin, lighted tube (endoscope) to look into the stomach after numbing the throat with an anesthetic spray. Patient may be given medicine to help him relax. The tube is passed through the mouth and esophagus (food pipe) to the stomach.
- Biopsy: An endoscope has a tool for removing tissues. Surgical Oncologist uses the endoscope to remove tissue from the stomach. A pathologist checks the tissue under a microscope for cancer cells. A biopsy is the only sure way to know if cancer cells are present.
All patients who come to DHRC for oncology care start their treatment only after they have been discussed in the Tumor Board and given a Tumor Board Number. In the tumor board all our specialists (Surgical Oncologists, Gastroenterologists, Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Oncopathologists and Radiologists) discuss the findings, and chart out the optimal plan of treatment for each patient based on established National and International Guidelines and Protocols. This treatment plan takes into account the overall health of the patient, the extent (stage) of the cancer and their preferences. The primary treatments for gastric cancer (stomach cancer) include Surgery, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy.
Oncologists at DHRC see lots of patients who have stomach cancer each year. That experience helps them to guide patients toward the most appropriate treatment approach. We take great care to ensure patients understand the benefits and risks associated with each treatment option.
DHRC offers all treatment options for stomach cancer, including Surgery, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy
- Surgery. Surgery offered for stomach cancer consists of some sort of resection which involves removal of a part or whole of stomach in block with surrounding tissues and lymph nodes, depending upon the extent of the disease. Gastrectomy is a technically demanding procedure and sometimes may require combined resection of surrounding organs like part of liver, pancreas, colon and spleen with complex reconstruction to restore the continuity of digestive tract. Our surgical oncologist offer D2 gastrectomy which is a gold standard in Japan.
- Radiation therapy. Doctors may recommend radiation therapy in combination with chemotherapy or surgery. Radiation oncologists at DHRC have extensive experience in the treatment of gastric cancer, and they use specialized techniques to limit the radiation dose to surrounding healthy tissue.
- Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy involves the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. It may be given before surgery, after surgery (to treat cancer that may remain), or during and following radiation. Chemotherapy may be the main treatment when the tumor can't be surgically removed because the cancer has spread.
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