Surgery is the most common part of stomach cancer treatment plans, and most patients will have surgery at some point. There are several different surgical procedures called gastrectomies that involve ...

About 1% to 3% of stomach (gastric) cancers are hereditary diffuse gastric cancers (HDGC). The disorder is caused by mutation in the CDH1 gene. HDGC is an inherited cancer syndrome that leads to an ...

Objective Stomach cancer is a leading cause of cancer death, especially in developing countries. Incidence has been associated with poverty and is also reported to disproportionately affect indigenous ...

Stomach cancer, traditionally seen in older individuals (70-80 % of gastric cancers are diagnosed in individuals > 60 years), is increasingly affecting younger patients, a troubling trend that has ...

Mantla-Look was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2015. Now, she's telling her story in recognition of Stomach Cancer Awareness Day on Saturday, and sharing advice for others navigating the medical ...

Rates of stomach cancer, which is also called gastric cancer, among younger people is on the rise. Typically, stomach cancer is diagnosed in patients in their 60s and 70s, but increasingly it's ...

Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, is a formidable and often deadly disease, frequently referred to as a “silent cancer" due to the subtle nature of its early symptoms. The delay in diagnosis is ...

The gastro oesophageal junction is where your food pipe (oesophagus) joins your stomach. Cancer that starts here is called gastro oesophageal junction (GOJ) cancer. It might also be called oesophago ...

It took just hours for Lianne Mantla-Look, a Tłı̨chǫ citizen from Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., to go from being a nurse to a patient. Mantla-Look was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2015. Now, she's telling ...

HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF STOMACH CANCER. IT’S CALLED GIST GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS. A STAGE FOUR DIAGNOSIS TO RID THE CANCER FROM ...

Stomach diseases include stomach cancer, gastritis, peptic ulcers, gastroparesis. Many stomach diseases are associated with infection, such as with Helicobacter pylori. Common symptoms are nausea ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - November is National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month, also known as Gastric Cancer Awareness Month, and Bay County has an incidence rate of patients diagnosed above ...