How do you get rid of a stomach cancer?

Discuss with your MD: Depend on the type of cancer, the stage of cancer. If this is adenocarcinoma- in early stage-if possible, surgery will be the best treatment. Then if indicated followed by chemotherapy alone or chemo and radiation. Sometimes, chemotherapy is given prior to surgery in certain case. In advanced stage- chemotherapy will be the treatment. If this is lymphoma-treatment-is biological + chemotherapy.

Not easy: If localized, cancer may be removed in its entirety. However, many cancers spread to the local lymph nodes and to other organs quite early making curative resection impractical. Chemotherapy may help but is not curative.

Surgery: The more common form of stomach cancer, adenocarcinoma is usually treated with surgery if possible, followed sometimes by chemotherapy and radiation depending on pathology findings. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors are also treated upfront with surgery if resectable. Lymphomas can also occur in stomach, and while surgery is sometimes utilized, primary chemotherapy and radiation therapy are options.