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.
What Is The Difference Between A Living Will And An Advance Directive? Disclaimer A living will is a more limited type of advance directive because you only make decisions about lifeÂ­sustaining procedures in the event that your death from a terminal condition is imminent despite the application of lifeÂ­sustaining procedures or you are in a persistent vegetative state (permanent unconsciousness).