Treatment Strategies
Surgical Intervention
Surgical resection, encompassing partial or total gastrectomy, serves as the cornerstone of curative therapy for localized stomach cancer, aiming to achieve complete tumor removal with negative margins while preserving adequate gastric function.
Chemotherapy
Adjuvant chemotherapy, administered either preoperatively or postoperatively, plays a crucial role in reducing tumor burden, eradicating micrometastases, and improving overall survival rates, particularly in advanced-stage disease.
Radiation Therapy
External beam radiation therapy, often employed in conjunction with chemotherapy, targets localized tumor deposits, achieving cytoreduction and palliation of symptoms, thereby enhancing quality of life for patients with inoperable disease.