Interventions for Stomach cancer

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Age Cohort: 25 - 59 years

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Community engagement and empowerment on cancer awareness and early health-seeking behaviour Community leaders and advocates engagement to address cancer stigma and identification of barriers to accessing care	Healthy life style: healthy weight, physically active, no alcoholic drink or in moderation, no smoking, eat vegetables and fruits	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Home-based care with multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Primary Care
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Prompt treatment of ulcers and infections especially H. pylori	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: General
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Prompt treatment of ulcers and infections especially H. pylori	History Physical examination Blood chemistry tests Tumour lysis syndrome panel Complete blood count (CBC) Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) panel H. Pylori test X-ray (Barium swallow) Upper endoscopy Ultrasonography	Appropriate management of infections Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: Specialist
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Prompt treatment of ulcers and infections especially H. pylori	History Physical examination Blood chemistry tests Tumour lysis syndrome panel Complete blood count (CBC) Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) panel H. Pylori test X-ray (Barium swallow) Upper endoscopy Ultrasonography Biopsy Laparoscopy Positron emission tomography (PET), Computed tomography (CT) scan, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Staging and grading Chemotherapy Targeted drug therapy Immunotherapy Surgery Radiotherapy	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care

Age Cohort: 60+ years

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Community engagement and empowerment on cancer awareness and early health-seeking behaviour Community leaders and advocates engagement to address cancer stigma and identification of barriers to accessing care	Healthy life style: healthy weight, physically active, no alcoholic drink or in moderation, no smoking, eat vegetables and fruits	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Primary Care
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Prompt treatment of ulcers and infections especially H. pylori	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: General
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Prompt treatment of ulcers and infections especially H. pylori	History Physical examination Blood chemistry tests Tumour lysis syndrome panel Complete blood count (CBC) Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) panel H. Pylori test X-ray (Barium swallow) Upper endoscopy Ultrasonography	Appropriate management of infections Referral to the next level for diagnostic workup and treatment	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: Specialist
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of stomach caner	Assessment of people with persistent dyspepsia for stomach cancer	History Physical examination Blood chemistry tests Tumour lysis syndrome panel Complete blood count (CBC) Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) panel H. Pylori test X-ray (Barium swallow) Upper endoscopy Ultrasonography Biopsy Laparoscopy Positron emission tomography (PET), Computed tomography (CT) scan, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Staging and grading Chemotherapy Targeted drug therapy Immunotherapy Surgery Radiotherapy	Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care*