Sorry to hear that you and your love one had to go through these. A reputable hospital and surgeon are very important for gastric cancer.
1. What were the symptoms b4 the surgery?
2. What types of test b4 and after the surgery were done to determine the stage? What was TNM stage ( such as T2N0M0)?
I would ask a copy of all test reports:
1. endoscopy w/ biopsy. - to see if it is cancer.
2. CAT scan report
3. endoscopy w/ ultrasonography and biopsy.- estimate TNM b4 surgery.
4.Staging laparoscopy w/ washing right b4 surgery to determine preliminary staging.
5. Surgery report- details of surgery.
6.Pathologist report during and after surgery.
All these reports are needed to have an understanding of the patient's progress.
Please try to obtain all reports. You can private message me if there are any more questions.
Sloan's surgeon may be able to tell you with these report if he can treat him.
Gastric cancer can be deadly if it is not operated right. The recurrence rate is very high in US and hard to treat.
It can be full time job to fight this cancer.