Gastric Cancer

About

Gastric Cancer

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world and the third leading cause of cancer death in both sexes worldwide. Stomach cancer is more common in men than in women.

Risk Factors

  • H Pylori infection
  • High salt , nitrate consumption and smoked foods
  • Smoking
  • Menetrier disease
  • Chronic atropic gastritis
  • Gastric adenomatous poyps
  • Li Fraumeni syndrome

Common Signs and Symptoms

  • Unexplained loss of weight
  • Early fullness after meals
  • Persistent vomiting sometime after food
  • Persistent black stools or vomiting of blood
  • Lump in the abdomen
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