And cancer cells can break off from the tumor to spread throughout the body. The cells that form the tumor determine the type of stomach cancer. The type of cells in your stomach cancer helps determine your treatment options. Types of stomach cancer include: Cancer that begins in the glandular cells (adenocarcinoma).
Advance directives are legal documents that allow you to spell out your decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time. They give you a way to tell your wishes to family, friends, and health care professionals and to avoid confusion later on. A living will tells which treatments you want if you are dying or permanently unconscious. You can accept or refuse medical care. A durable power of attorney for health care is a document that names your health care proxy. Your proxy is someone you trust to make health decisions for you if you are unable to do so.
2) Advance Directive â new as of September 1, 2011, a legal document in BC which allows you to provide written instructions about what health care you do or do not want in the future, if you become incapable and a health care decision needs to be made.here are legal personal planning options available in BC to address health care wishes for âend of lifeâ situations, and to plan for the future. 1) Representation Agreement-a way for you to give legal authority on health care and personal care to someone you trust.