If the doctor finds cancer, he or she will do more tests to find out if cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body. This process is called staging . The doctor needs to know whether and where the cancer has spread in order to plan treatment. Based on the results of these tests, the doctor will stage the disease and create a treatment plan to meet the patient s needs.
Cancer is found only in the innermost layer of the stomach wall.
At this stage the typical treatment is surgery. All four layers of the stomach wall but not the lymph nodes or other organs. All four layers of the stomach wall and the lymph nodes either very close to the tumor or farther away from the tumor. Lymph nodes may also be removed. A clinical trial of chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy.