Treatment Options by Stage
Stage 0 (Carcinoma in Situ)
Stage I Gastric Cancer
Stage II Gastric Cancer
Stage III Gastric Cancer
Stage IV Gastric Cancer
A link to a list of current clinical trials is included for each treatment section. For some types or stages of cancer, there may not be any trials listed. Check with your doctor for clinical trials that are not listed here but may be right for you.
Stage 0 (Carcinoma in Situ)
Treatment of stage 0 is usually surgery (total or subtotal gastrectomy).
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage 0 gastric cancer.
Stage I Gastric Cancer
Treatment of stage I gastric cancer may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage I gastric cancer.
Stage II Gastric Cancer
Treatment of stage II gastric cancer may include the following:
- Surgery (total or subtotal gastrectomy).
- Surgery (total or subtotal gastrectomy) followed by chemoradiation therapy.
- Chemotherapy given before and after surgery.
- A clinical trial of surgery followed by chemoradiation therapy testing new anticancer drugs.
- A clinical trial of chemoradiation therapy given before surgery.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage II gastric cancer.
Stage III Gastric Cancer
Treatment of stage III gastric cancer may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage III gastric cancer.
Stage IV Gastric Cancer
Treatment of stage IV gastric cancer that has not spread to distant organs may include the following:
Treatment of stage IV gastric cancer that has spread to distant organs may include the following:
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's PDQ Cancer Clinical Trials Registry that are now accepting patients with stage IV gastric cancer.
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