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Stomach Cancer Overview

What Is Stomach Cancer?

Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer starts in the stomach. The stomach is divided into five different layers. Cancer can develop in any of these sections. Most stomach cancers start in the mucosa. The cancer can grow deeper and infect the other layers. As it grows deeper, the outlook for a cure gets worse.

What Causes, or Increases the Risk for Stomach Cancer?

* Lack of Refrigeration Increased Smoked and Salted Food Low Fruits and
* Vegetables Chemical "Carcinogens" Long Standing Ulcers, Prior Stomach
* Surgery, Rare Genetic Diseases

How does Stomach Cancer spread?

It can grow through the wall of the stomach and into nearby organs or it can also spread to the lymph nodes and then through the lymph system.

When stomach cancer is more advanced, it will travel through the blood stream and form deposits of cancer cells in organs such as the liver, lungs, and bones. But even though it has spread to other organs, it is still called stomach cancer. If it has spread in this manner, it can no longer be cured.

Types of Stomach Cancer


* lymphomas
* gastric stromal tumors
* carcinoid tumors

Symptoms?

* Unintended weight loss and lack of appetite Pain in the area of the stomach
* (abdominal pain) Vague discomfort in the abdomen, often above the navel
* A sense of fullness just below the chest bone after eating a small meal
* Heartburn, indigestion, or ulcer-type symptoms Nausea Vomiting, with or without blood Swelling of the abdomen Weakness and fatigue

How Is Stomach Cancer Treated?

* Radiation therapy Surgery

Statistics

About 25,000 people get stomach cancer per year





Stomach Cancer News

30 Apr 2008 at 10:00pm
(American Association for Cancer Research) Based on research using a new mouse model of gastritis and stomach cancer, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori infections reverses damage to the lining of the stomach that can lead to cancer.
21 Oct 2006 at 6:00am
The bacteria Helicobacter pylori substantially increase the risk of cancer in the lower stomach, but it may decrease the risk of cancer near the junction between the esophagus and the stomach, according to a study in the October 19 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [click link for full article]
3 Apr 2005 at 11:00pm
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a chain of molecular signals that generate the specialized lining of the stomach during fetal development - a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis, treatment and prevention of stomach and esophageal cancer in adults.
3 Apr 2005 at 11:00pm
When it comes to gastric cancer, too little stomach acid can be just as dangerous as too much, according to scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School. Both extremes create inflammatory changes in the stomach lining and a condition called chronic atrophic gastritis, which over time often leads to cancer.
9 Apr 2005 at 6:03am
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a chain of molecular signals that generate the specialized lining of the stomach during fetal development - a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis, treatment and prevention of stomach and esophageal cancer in adults... click link for more info.
29 Apr 2007 at 10:20pm
If you feel full after eating only a small meal, I would recommend an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy to eliminate the possibility of stomach cancer.
4 Aug 2006 at 11:00pm
Eating processed meat is associated with an increased risk of stomach cancer, a new study suggests.Susanna C. Larsson of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues performed a meta-analysis of 15 epidemiology studies of processed meat consumption and stomach cancer published between January 1966 and March 2006. [click link for full article]
23 Jul 2005 at 11:00pm
A multi-national research team led by the Melbourne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) has identified a potential new target for stomach cancer therapy, according to a paper published today in Nature Medicine.
17 Jan 2007 at 5:00pm
Being a member of a large family may not be best for your health. A new study found that family size greatly influenced the development of stomach cancer linked to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, and younger siblings from large families appeared to be especially vulnerable to the most common type of stomach cancer. [click link for full article]
9 Jul 2006 at 8:00am
The Swiss pharmaceutical company, Roche, has announced plans to seek a licence to allow prescribing in Europe of its novel cancer drug Xeloda® for stomach cancer. Xeloda, also known as capecitabine, is an oral chemotherapy drug that is activated to a cancer-killing agent called 5-flurouracil (5-FU) within cancer cells themselves. [click link for full article]
22 Apr 2007 at 10:00pm
The stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which causes stomach cancer and peptic ulcers, may not be all bad. According to a new study, it may help protect kids from asthma.
5 Jul 2006 at 3:20pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stomach cancer patients live longer if they get chemotherapy before and after surgery, British researchers report....
16 May 2005 at 11:00pm
A new combination chemotherapy appears to battle advanced stomach cancer harder than other platinum-based therapies, while offering patients more convenience and potentially less discomfort.
18 Jun 2006 at 5:58pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mike Slabaugh doesn't have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stomach cancer killed their grandmother and some of their parents, aunts and uncles....
17 Jan 2007 at 3:27pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Napoleon Bonaparte died a more prosaic death than some people would like to think, succumbing to stomach cancer rather than arsenic poisoning, according to new research into what killed the French emperor....