Stomach cancer can be divided into early stomach cancer and late stage stomach cancer. Symptoms are vague and not specific. One early symptom of stomach cancer is gastrointestinal micro-bleeding but usually it can only be found in stool exam. Sometimes, early Stomach cancer can also cause heartburn, abdominal pain and other symptoms. Comprehensive treatment plan is need to treat stomach cancer. Statistics found that more than 50% of patients will have surgery. But the cancer will spread in approximately 60-70% patients after surgery. Metastatic stomach cancer is still incurable.
How is Stomach cancer treated in practice?