Resumen
Objective: To verify through a narrative review about the incidence rate of gastric cancer in Salvador, Brazil, and the world, to identify what are the current and available therapies and what are the recent prognosis. Bibliographic review: According to the analysis of the data found, videolaparoscopy associated with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy are the most used methods today in the treatment of this pathology, positively affecting the prognosis of individuals, around 5 years of life, and improving the survival of these patients. The incidence of gastric cancer, despite occupying the 5th place in the ranking of the most common neoplasia in the world, has been reducing its rate of morbidity and mortality. Final considerations: The need to improve the staging of gastric cancer is understood in order to improve therapeutic responses, increasing the prognosis of survival of these individuals beyond 5 years, ensuring better assistance from the health team and reducing the number of deaths caused by this disease.