Question 1

How is stomach cancer diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

The definitive test is upper endoscopy with biopsy. A thin tube with a camera is passed down the throat into the stomach; if any suspicious lesion is seen, tissue is sampled for pathology.

Question 2

What medications are used to treat stomach cancer?

Accepted Answer

Chemotherapy is a mainstay: first-line regimens usually combine a platinum drug with a fluoropyrimidine. Targeted therapies include trastuzumab for HER2-positive tumors. and ramucirumab as second-line therapy. Immunotherapies are used for tumors with high PD-L1 or MSI-H status.

Stomach Cancer