• Understand prevalence and risk factors for gastric cancer.
• Outline the diagnostic evaluation for patients with gastric cancer.
• Identify gastric cancer treatment options include a combination of surgery and chemotherapy, with possibly immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and radiation, and thus cancer care needs multidisciplinary team including gastroenterologists, interventional radiologists, pathologists, medical oncologists, and radiation oncologists to evaluate patients and discuss best cancer treatment plans at tumor board.
• Explain how robotic cancer surgery can be a part of the multidisciplinary cancer care allowing faster and better recovery.
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