Unfortunately, in the United States, most cases of gastric cancer are discovered only after local invasion has advanced. Weight loss, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, early satiety, and peptic ulcer symptoms may accompany late-stage gastric cancer.
master plan - a long-term outline of a project or government function; the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development. plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; they drew up a six-step plan; they discussed plans for a new bond issue.
Strategic planning is a step by step process with definite objectives and end products that can be implemented and evaluated. Very simply, it is a process by which we look into the future, paint a picture of that future based on current trends, and influence the forces that will affect us.