Question
I am 56 years old, male, and have been experiencing frequent stomach discomfort and diarrhea. My health condition has been deteriorating. How should I treat stomach cancer effectively?
Answer
Surgical treatment is the most common method for treating stomach cancer, and it primarily includes early-stage surgery and palliative surgery for advanced stages. Some patients with stomach cancer may wonder why advanced-stage stomach cancer requires surgery first, rather than directly undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy. In fact, the primary tumor site of stomach cancer is likened to a fountain; only by removing the source of the fountain can treatment of stomach cancer be carried out more quickly.