In the GLOBOCAN 2024 estimates for Nepal, stomach heads the list, ahead of oesophagus, breast, liver and cervix.
Source: IARC GLOBOCAN 2024 estimates for Nepal (released July 2026)Treatment guide · Nepal · gastric oncology
Stomach cancer treatment in India for Nepali patients
Stomach cancer heads the estimated cancer burden in Nepal, and it is also the cancer where staging most often changes the plan. Everything below is general information — the treating oncologist decides your case.
- Nepal's leading estimated cancer site
- Staging decides everything
- Send the biopsy report first
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General information for planning, not medical advice. Diagnosis and treatment decisions rest with the treating doctors and hospitals.
Why this cancer matters so much in Nepal
With roughly 17,213 estimated cancer deaths — a ratio that reflects how late many cancers are found.
Source: IARC GLOBOCAN 2024 estimates for Nepal (released July 2026)Symptoms of early gastric cancer are easily mistaken for ordinary indigestion. Families frequently arrive with a diagnosis already several months old, which is exactly why re-staging on arrival is standard.
What treatment usually involves
General description of how gastric cancer care is organised. Not medical advice.
- 01Endoscopy and biopsy review
The histopathology, including HER2 status where relevant, is reviewed again. Blocks and slides are often re-examined.
- 02Staging
CT of the chest, abdomen and pelvis, and in some cases diagnostic laparoscopy to check for spread that imaging misses. This step decides whether the intent is curative.
- 03Perioperative chemotherapy
Many patients receive chemotherapy before surgery, then more after. The sequence is a tumour board decision.
- 04Surgery
Partial or total gastrectomy with lymph node dissection. Extent of resection determines the ICU and ward stay and the nutritional recovery.
- 05Nutrition and follow-up
Eating changes permanently after gastrectomy. Dietitian input and B12 monitoring are part of the plan, and much of it continues at home in Nepal.
What moves the cost
If you are also comparing prices, read the general cost page — the same logic applies here.
- Stage, and whether the intent is curative or palliative
- Whether surgery is part of the plan and how extensive the resection is
- Number of chemotherapy cycles and the specific regimen
- HER2 status and whether targeted therapy is added
- ICU and ward length of stay
- Nutritional support requirements after surgery
We publish no prices on this page. Any figure quoted before a specialist has read your reports is a guess, and a guess is a bad thing to plan a family’s finances around. What we do instead is obtain the hospital’s own written estimate, in its own format, with its assumptions stated — before you decide whether to travel. See how CureYatra handles costs.
What to send us before anything else
Do not attach medical records to the form below. Send a short enquiry first and we will reply with secure sharing instructions and a written consent step.
- Endoscopy report and the biopsy or histopathology report
- HER2 and any other marker testing already done
- CT scan of chest, abdomen and pelvis, with images
- Blood reports including haemoglobin, albumin and nutritional markers
- Details of any chemotherapy already given, with dates and cycles
Case-coordination fee · Nepal
NPR 5,000 per patient, per year — coordination only.
Inclusive of applicable taxes. The first enquiry is free; the fee is requested only when you decide to proceed, together with the reports and record-sharing consent. Every hospital, doctor, medicine, implant, diagnostic and travel charge is separate and paid by you directly to the provider. Terms & Conditions apply.
Questions Nepali families ask
Is stomach cancer curable?
It depends entirely on stage at diagnosis, and no honest answer can be given without the reports. Early disease is treated with curative intent; advanced disease is treated to control it and preserve quality of life. The oncologist tells you which conversation you are in — a facilitator must not.
Why do Indian hospitals repeat scans I already had in Nepal?
Usually because staging must be done to a protocol the surgical team can act on, and because imaging ages. It is frustrating and it costs money, but a resection planned on a six-month-old scan is a worse problem.
Do I need surgery, chemotherapy, or both?
In gastric cancer the two are often combined, in a sequence decided by a tumour board. Ask whether your case will be discussed at one.
How long will we need to be in India?
It depends whether the plan is surgery, chemotherapy, or both, and whether cycles can be run in Nepal between visits. Ask the oncologist to write the schedule down so you can plan travel around it.
What will it cost?
The hospital issues its own written estimate after reading the reports. We do not publish figures, and we would rather lose the enquiry than invent one.
Nepal patient desk · direct enquiry
Send your case from Nepal — the first enquiry is free.
Tell us the diagnosis area and how to reach you. A coordinator replies on WhatsApp or email, explains how to share reports securely, and only then are suitable hospitals asked for a written clinical plan and their own estimate.
- The first enquiry costs nothing. The NPR 5,000 annual case-coordination fee is requested only if you decide to proceed.
- No Indian visa for Nepali citizens entering from Nepal, subject to the official identity-document and route conditions.
- Nepali-language coordination, and consultations in English or Hindi.
- You pay the hospital directly against its own written invoice — never CureYatra.
- No hospital, price, timing or treatment outcome is guaranteed here; the hospital’s written documents always prevail.
पहिलो सम्पर्क निःशुल्क छ। रिपोर्ट पठाउनुहोस्, अस्पतालको लिखित उपचार योजना र खर्च अनुमान हामी मगाउँछौं।