Abstract
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most frequent neoplasms in the world, ranking as the 5th most incident, and the 4th in mortality. In 2020, this disease affected 1,089,103 people, of which 21,230 were new cases in Brazil. The most common histological type is adenocarcinoma, responsible for about 95% of cases of stomach cancer. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage, where gastr…