Reviewing a proposed procedure with your chosen doctor
Stomach Cancer Surgery (Gastrectomy)
second opinion in Mumbai.
Medical term: Partial or total gastrectomy
Already chosen your upper gastrointestinal cancer surgeon in Mumbai or Navi Mumbai to review your proposed stomach cancer surgery (gastrectomy)? When you cannot attend yourself, Redwood organises your existing records and questions, takes the case to that doctor and shares their recommendations.
You choose the doctor. We take your case to them.
Understand the procedure
What is stomach cancer surgery (gastrectomy)?
Gastrectomy removes part or all of the stomach. For stomach cancer, the operation and any lymph-node removal depend on the tumour's location and extent. This is a cancer-treatment decision, distinct from a gastric sleeve for weight loss.
This is general procedure information. Your chosen doctor assesses what applies to you.
Procedure information: NHS: patient information
Understand the proposed plan
What the operation may involve
Your decision, your questions
Questions for your chosen doctor
Choose the questions that matter to your situation. We record them in your own words and take them to the consultation.
- Why is partial or total gastrectomy recommended for my tumour?
- What does staging show, and which lymph nodes would be removed?
- Should chemotherapy or another treatment happen before surgery?
- How would eating, weight and vitamin replacement be managed afterward?
Your existing case file
Records to organise
We organise the endoscopy and biopsy reports alongside your treatment history and the written procedure recommendation. We note what you want the upper gastrointestinal cancer surgeon to clarify and keep the original reports available for the consultation.
Share the records you already have. This is a document checklist, not a request for new tests.
Bring together what is available
- Endoscopy and biopsy reports
- CT, PET or staging laparoscopy reports if completed
- Oncology and multidisciplinary treatment recommendations
- Weight history, available nutritional results and previous treatment records
- Your written procedure recommendation, current prescriptions and allergy details
When you cannot attend yourself
How Redwood takes your case to your doctor
- Tell us whom you have chosen. Share the doctor’s name, hospital or clinic, and the decision you want reviewed.
- Prepare the case with us. We organise your existing records, treatment timeline and questions, then coordinate the appointment.
- We attend with your case. Your Care Steward takes the organised stomach cancer surgery (gastrectomy) case file to the upper gastrointestinal cancer surgeon you selected and puts forward your recorded questions. After the consultation, we share the doctor's recommendations and consultation documents with you.
A video call during the consultation can be arranged if the doctor allows.
We respond within 12 hours of your enquiry.