Hi trinimerican85 I’m sadden Sorry for what you your bother and you family must be going though I have advance prostrate cancer I do a lot of research to find ways not just to fight it, but to heal it. Nine year old he so young this is a really sad post. Though I have read with the treatment of cancer in children. The treatment gets better results then with the cancer treatment in a adult. Reading your post I remember that years ago three of my family member had the same type of cancer, and I remember it didn’t turn out to good. I’ve read our body’s produce cancer cells from the day we are conceived, to we take our last breath, our bodies defences are seeking out finding and destroying cancer cells, it only when our defences get over whelmed that we get cancer tumours. I don’t know if you heard of Dr Bidwig anti-cancer diet here a link on a article on it. http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer/Budwig.html and here a link on you tube on how to make it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoddptWL0s I’ve been on this diet for a while now and getting good result from it. all I can say now is may God gride your to find the best treatment for your younger brother
All the best Ray
This is the most common treatment for stomach cancer even in children
Surgery, called gastrectomy, is the most common treatment for stomach cancer. The surgeon removes part or all of the stomach, as well as some of the tissue around the stomach. After a partial gastrectomy, your bother will doctor connects the remaining part of your stomach to the esophagus or the small intestine. After a total gastrectomy, his doctor connects the esophagus directly to his small intestine. Because cancer can spread through the lymphatic system, lymph nodes near the tumor are often removed during surgery so a pathologist can check them for cancer cells.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of X-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation for gastric cancer comes from a machine outside the body, or external radiation therapy. Radiation can be used alone or in addition to surgery and chemotherapy.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be taken by pill, or it may be put into the body by a needle in the vein or muscle. Chemotherapy is called a systemic treatment because the drug enters the bloodstream, travels through the body, and can kill cancer cells outside the stomach. Treatment given after surgery when no cancer cells can be seen is called adjuvant therapy. There is evidence that adjuvant therapy consisting of chemotherapy and radiation following surgery for cancer of the stomach is effective in some patients.
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/cancer/gast