In the USA, which is a developed country, the cost of stomach cancer is around $50000. The price might go up to $ 200,000 that involves sessions of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

But in India same treatment can be carried out with one-tenth price as of western countries. The stomach cancer treatment cost in India will vary from case to case. The review of a specialist helps in determining the treatment process.

Many other external factors will have an effect on the cost of treatment for stomach cancer. Alfiya Medi tour offers the best packages for treatment to foreign patients.

Stomach cancer is also called gastric cancer. It is cancer that occurs in your stomach. In simple terms, stomach cancer is something that incorporates cancers that have an impact on the gastrointestinal tract. This includes esophagus, gall bladder, Pancreases, rectal, colon, stomach, etc.

The stomach is an essential part of the digestive system. The stomach is a hollow organ present in the upper abdomen, just under the ribs. Food goes through the mouth through the esophagus then reaches the stomach.  The food then turns to liquid form in the stomach, which they move to the small intestine where more digestion occurs.

The stomach has five layers, and these layers are pretty significant in determining the cancer stage and treatment for stomach cancer.

• The inner layer of the stomach: Juice that the inner layer of the stomach makes helps in the digestion of the food. Maximum stomach cancer starts in this layer.
• Submucosa: It is the supportive tissue for the inner stomach layer.
• Muscle layer: Muscles in these layers make a rippling motion that mixes and mashes your food.
• Sub serosa: It is the outer layer of support tissues.
• The outer layer of the stomach: The outer layer covers the entire abdomen and helps hold the stomach well in the position.

When the stomach cancer cells start growing from mucosa to deep layers, the stage begins to advance, and prognosis will not be good.

Let us know more about cause, stomach cancer symptoms and treatments.

Cause of stomach cancer

• It is true that scientists are not aware of the stomach cancer, but there is a specific contributing factor that runs the risk.
• Occurrence of infection persists with bacteria, Pylori appears and causes stomach ulcers.
• Pernicious anemia: A kind of anemia that is caused by the body's inability to absorb Vitamin B12.
• Menetrier disease: It is a rare disorder that leads to the enormous growth of the mucous cells in the mucous membrane stomach lining. This disease leads to a high gastric fold and enhances the risk of stomach cancer.

How does stomach cancer develop?

Stomach cancer develops gradually over many years. Before starting true cancer, pre-cancerous alterations begin in the inner lining of the stomach. These early alterations sometimes cause symptoms and sometimes do not. This is the reason it often goes unnoticed.

Cancer in a different section of the stomach leads to other symptoms and gives different results. The cancer location also has an impact on the various options available for treatment. Stomach cancer can quickly metastasize in multiple ways. They can easily grow all through the stomach wall and then enter the nearby organs. They will also spread to the lymph nodes. When stomach cancer reaches the advanced stage, it can travel all through the bloodstream and reach other organs like the lungs.

What are different kinds of stomach cancer?

• Adenocarcinoma: Most of the stomach cancers are Adenocarcinoma. Here the tumor starts from the cells that make the top portion of the inner lining called the mucosa.
• Lymphoma: These are cancers of your immune system, which is sometimes found in the stomach wall.4% of the stomach cancer are lymphoma.
• Carcinoid tumor: These initiates in the hormone-made cells in the stomach. 3% are carcinoid tumors.
• Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: These are the tumors that start early for your cells present in the stomach.

Symptoms of stomach cancer:

• If you are a risk person, then it's better to talk to a doctor who can suggest you to decrease your risk.
• Here are few potential symptoms of stomach cancer:
• Feeling bloated after eating a meal.
• Weight loss
• Discomfort in your stomach area
• Poor appetite
• Abdominal pain'
• Anemia

Anyone having these symptoms must inform your doctor so that a good solution can be easily found and then treated.

Diagnosis of stomach cancer

When you have any symptoms, and you make a visit to a gastroenterologist, your doctor might recommend you for an endoscopy. This is a kind of test where a long tube with a camera is put inside your throat towards the stomach. This is used for visualizing the upper digestive system that includes the esophagus, upper part of the small intestine, along the stomach. Besides, a biopsy can also be carried out to confirm the diagnosis. Here cell samples are removed from the stomach and then it is sent to laboratories for examining.

Know about the various complication of the disease:

The advanced stage of stomach cancer is divided into two categories. When cancer is not treated on time, several complications like unintentional weight loss, difficulty swallowing, bleeding, and vomiting might occur. When metastasized to the liver, this cancer can lead to other complications like jaundice, malaise, etc.

Know about different cancer stages:

The cancer stage is divided into four stages that are 0-4. In stage 0, cancer has grown beyond the inner cells of your stomach lining. Stage IV is the critical stage of cancer. Staging assist doctor in deciding the cancer effect on the rest part of the body and also in determining the treatment processes.

Treatment

Treatment mainly depends on the stage of the cancer. The team of doctors will first go through the case and decide on treatment options. If you had any surgery in the past, your doctor might advise for meeting a nutritionist to get adapted to all changes.

After stomach cancer surgery, it's widespread to lose some weight. A good dietician might suggest for ways to deal with the issues with acting. Another prevalent symptom is the dumping syndrome, where food or liquid enters your small intestine very fast. It also leads to nausea. Diarrhea and bloating.

Stomach cancer treatment in India through Alfiya Medi tour

Alfiya Medi Tour helps you avail of stomach cancer treatment in India through a vast network of public and private hospitals. All these hospitals that we refer are well equipped with some of the latest technology, along with a team of highly experienced oncologists.

All these hospitals accurately diagnose stomach cancer and carry out staging using all recent technology such as PET scan, Brain Suite, Gamma knife, etc. Furthermore, maximum drugs and consumables needed for stomach cancer treatment are made in India. Due to these reasons, the total expense for stomach cancer treatment is very low compared with other countries.

• Chemotherapy: This is a kind of therapy that uses a specific drug class for killing the cancer cells. The drug is then injected to the patient's bloodstream. Due to this, all cancer cells present in several locations are killed.
• Radiation therapy: This is a kind of local therapy when the cancer r remains restricted to one location only. It makes use of the high radiation for killing off the cancer cells present in one place only. Radiation therapy is a combination of surgery with chemotherapy.
• Lymph node exclusion: When lymph nodes are affected by cancer, they are removed from the body.
• Subtotal and total gastrectomy: Subtotal gastrectomy is a kind of localized surgery where only a part of the stomach is removed. In contrast, in total gastrectomy, the stomach and part of few healthy tissues also get terminated.

Know about certain significant factors that affect the stomach cancer treatment cost in India:

• Age of the patient.
• The phase of cancer
• The surgeon
• Hospital stay period
• Health treatment
• Diagnostic service

Some of the top stomach cancer specialist in india are

Dr. Harit Chaturvedi

Surgical oncologist, New Delhi, India.

He is the head of department in Max Super specialty hospital, Saket, New Delhi.

A renowned onco-surgeon in India who has worked in some of the top hospitals in India. After completing masters in surgery and MBBS from a popular GSVM medical college Kanpur, he has done his MCH in surgical oncology from Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Dr. Chaturvedi is highly appreciated for his surgical skills in oncology. He is an active member of Indian Association of Surgical oncology.

2.  Dr.Kapil Kumar

Surgical oncologist, New Delhi, India.

Director in Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi.

A renowned surgical oncologist with more than 28 years of experience. Holds specialization in oncoplastic surgery, pancreatic Bilary surgery, Esophagus cancer, stomach cancer and Mediastinal tumors.

Some of the top hospitals for stomach cancer treatment in India are

• Dharamshila Narayan super specialty hospital, New Delhi.

It is the first cancer hospital located in North India. It was also the first hospital to get accreditation from NABH in the year 2008. It has a record-making of treating more than 2 million cancer patients.

• Indraprastha Apollo hospital: This hospital has got accreditation from more than 10000 beds and also 64 hospitals. It provides you with some of the top-class technology and expert professionals. Some of the technologies, such as the Vinci Robotic surgical system, are being used for various medical facilities.
• BLK super specialty Hospital, New Delhi:
• It is the first time in Detail to offer HIPEc technology. It is also first in Asia and also seventh in the whole world.
• Thus, we can say that India's stomach cancer treatment cost is affordable compared with other western countries. Alfiya Medi tour makes it more accessible for you to get quality treatment in India.

Alfiya Medi tour offers you hospitals where various options are available for the treatment of gastric cancer. As we have discussed, the kind of surgery is based on the type and stage of cancer. The cancer is also different from others. In an average cost incurred is 600000 IR. Post perspective cares, medication kind, and other such activities for the patients.

The state-of-the-art technology is well equipped with state-of-the-art technology for performing the gastric cure cancer. Various specialties under one room allow every patient to need monitoring and is, therefore, handles well by a team of things.

We assist patients to recover rapidly and offer excellence in the holistic healthcare services.

Know in brief how we assist you:

• Make use of built-in tools for communication for asking so many questions as required and obtain a very prompt response from the other side. The patient coordinators at the Alfiya media tour will assist with this.
• Easily connect with top-notch hospitals across the globe: Alfiya media tour picks hospitals, and only globally recognized hospitals are included to make sure you get high-quality care.
• Best quote and price: if you get a low quote for similar treatment, the doctor and the hospital will definitely beat the price.
• Speak with the doctor directly to address all your questions and concerns before you finalize what you are doing.

Alfiya medi Tours offers some of the special packages to the Kenya patients to avail the best stomach cancer treatment in India. Best facilities and affordable price is something that attracts people from Kenya to have treatment in India.

If you want to know more then call at our number, our consultants are happy to answer all your queries and offer a free consultancy.

FAQ

1. Which doctor should I consult for stomach cancer?

You have consult a gastroenterologist and a oncologist.

2. Is stomach cancer curable?

Yes it is but it totally depends on which stage of cancer you are. Earlier the treatment better it is.

3. Why I should prefer India for stomach cancer treatment?

India offers you the best treatment with top notch facilities at a affordable rate. The rate at which you will get treatment in top cancer hospitals in India is very less when compared to other western countries.

4. How do cancer cells develop in the stomach?

Cancer cells develop as an abnormal growth in the stomach lining, which can even lead to tumors.\

5. Who is at more risk of getting cancer?

Indeed, your personal lifestyle and some specific disease can surely affect the people when they are found with some of the everyday things like

• Old age
• Men
• Smokers
• People are having a family history.

• Is it difficult to detect stomach cancer treatment?

Most of the time, symptoms do not appear when you will log in. With proper walking away from this family.

• What treatment is good for me? How to know?

This totally depends on your health and the overall health.

• How chemotherapy works well with cancer?

Chemotherapy is given to cancer cells. It is taken either initially and the intravenously.