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Stomach Cancer Stomach cancer is also known as gastric cancer; this cancer happens generally in esophagus or the small intestine more commonly.
One of the reason associated with this cancer is dietary, people with high salt intake, smoking history and low intake of fresh vegetables as well as fruits are more susceptible to stomach cancer. Countries where cancer has more incidence is Korea, Japan, UK, Iceland, etc. This cancer has also been found to be genetic; this percentage is small and deals with only certain type of cancer among all gastric cancer.
Peptic ulcer is generally benign growth in duodenum or small intestine. However, there are about 4% cancers which are due malignant tumors, these cancers result into stomach cancers. Peptic ulcers are highly painful ulcers, some of these might require to be removed immediately.
There are certain symptoms associated with stomach cancers, these cancers should be identified when you have heartburn, indigestion, bloating, fatigue, weakness, weight loss, etc.
These symptoms are related to some other diseases too, therefore it is required that diagnosis should be done by an oncologist or a gastroenterologist. Many a times treating this cancer is difficult in early stages, the reason for this is that the cancer does not give any specific symptoms, therefore, in case this is a malignant tumor it has already metastasized to other parts of the body. Some of the advanced symptoms are blood in urine or stools or vomiting blood.
Treatment for stomach cancer depends on the type and the stage to which the cancer has reached, in case the cancer is in its initial stages there might be use of chemotherapy for reducing the cancer and removing it altogether from the body. Treatment varies from person to person according to what has been decided by the doctor. One of the most common treatments for this type of cancer is surgery.
In surgery complete or a part of stomach, small intestine or the infected part is removed, along with the removal of infected part, a small part of the non infected part is also removed so that the infected part is removed totally and there are no further chances of occurrence of the cancer.
Other types of treatments used for removal of stomach cancer are the chemotherapy, radiation therapy, multi modality, biological therapy etc. It all depends on the physical condition of the patient, and the stage of cancer.
This cancer can grow extensively before it is noticed by the patient.
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