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Chemotherapy can be given as a primary (primary) treatment for stomach cancer that has spread (metastasized) to distant organs.
It can help to reduce the size of the cancer or slow down its growth, which can alleviate the symptoms of some patients and help them to live longer.
To help treat stomach cancer, chemotherapy can be used in ways that are injected into the vein or given by mouth like pills. These drugs enter the bloodstream and reach all parts of the body, which makes this treatment useful against cancer that has spread to the affected organ.
To help treat stomach cancer, chemotherapy can be used in different ways:
Neoadjuvant treatment: can reduce the size of the tumor, and possibly facilitate surgery.
Adjuvant treatment: the goal of adjuvant chemotherapy is to destroy any cancer cells that have been left behind and that can not be seen because they are too small after surgery.
Chemotherapy is given with radiation therapy after surgery for stomach cancer.
Chemoradiation, this treatment is especially useful for cancers that could not be completely removed by surgery.
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