Treatments for stage 0 stomach cancer
The following are treatment options for stage 0 stomach cancer. Your healthcare team will suggest treatments based on your needs and work with you to develop a treatment plan.
Surgery
Surgery is a standard treatment for stage 0 stomach cancer.
A gastrectomy removes all or part of the stomach. Some lymph nodes around the stomach are also removed (called a lymph node dissection). This is the most common type of surgery done to treat stage 0 cancer.
An
endoscopic resection (ER)
uses an
A limited surgical resection removes the section of the stomach wall that contains the abnormal area along with some healthy tissue around it (called the surgical margin). This may be used to treat small tumours without any ulceration (no open wound).
Clinical trials
Talk to your doctor about clinical trials open to people with stomach cancer in Canada. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, find and treat cancer. Find out more about clinical trials.
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