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Introduction: Stomach cancer
Stomach cancer: Cancer of the stomach. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Stomach cancer is available below.
Symptoms of Stomach cancer
- Early symptoms:
See full list of 46 symptoms of Stomach cancer
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Stomach cancer:
- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
Medical Textbooks Online about Stomach cancer
Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Diagnostic Tests for Stomach cancer
Test for Stomach cancer in your own home
click here- Physical exam
- Fecal occult blood test
- Upper GI series
- Barium meal contrast x-ray
- Endoscopy
See full list of 10 diagnostic tests for Stomach cancer
Wrongly Diagnosed with Stomach cancer?
- Misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer
- Underlying causes of Stomach cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
Misdiagnosis and Stomach cancer
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Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good"...read more »
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Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Stomach cancer
Causes of Stomach cancer
Read more about causes of Stomach cancer.
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Treatments for Stomach cancer
- Surgery
- Partial gastrectomy
- Total gastrectomy
- Chemotherapy
See full list of 8 treatments for Stomach cancer
Videos for Stomach cancer
Treating Stomach Cancer
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Living with Carcinoid
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Symptoms of Carcinoid
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Carcinoid
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Patient Surveys for Stomach cancer
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Prognosis for Stomach cancer
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Reseach about Stomach cancer
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Clinical Trials for Stomach cancer
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Stomach cancer include:
- Randomized Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Cisplatin Followed by UFT in Serosa-Positive Gastric Cancer (JCOG9206-2) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Gastrectomy+ chemotherapy
- Randomized Multicenter Study Comparing Docetaxel Plus Cisplatin and 5-FU to Cisplatin Plus 5-FU in Advanced Gastric Cancer - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - docetaxel
- Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Surgical Approaches to Gastric Cancer Invading the Esophagus (JCOG9502) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Para-Aortic Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer (JCOG9501) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Phase III Trial of Neoadjuvant TS-1 and CDDP for Type 4 and Large Type 3 Gastric Cancer.JCOG0501 - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy(TS-1+CDDP) followed by gastrectomy
See full list of 193 Clinical Trials for Stomach cancer
Statistics for Stomach cancer
- Medical statistics for Stomach cancer
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Stomach cancer
- Death and Mortality statistics for Stomach cancer
- Society statistics for Stomach cancer
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Definitions of Stomach cancer:
Primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm of the stomach - (Source - Diseases Database)
Stomach cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Stomach cancer, or a subtype of Stomach cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Stomach cancer as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
- Stomach cancer
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- Diagnosis of Stomach cancer
- Signs of Stomach cancer
- Complications of Stomach cancer
- Misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Stomach cancer
- Contagious: Stomach cancer
- Treatments for Stomach cancer
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- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Stomach cancer
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- External links relating to Stomach cancer
- ABDOMINAL PAIN, CHRONIC RECURRENT (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- ABDOMINAL PAIN, ACUTE (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Abdominal Pain in Lower Quadrants (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal Pain in Upper Quadrants (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal Pain with Rebound Tenderness (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal Masses (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal Pain (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal Masses (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- ABDOMINAL MASS, GENERALIZED (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- ABDOMINAL PAIN, GENERALIZED (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Abdominal distention (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Abdominal mass (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Abdominal pain (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Abdominal Distention (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Characteristic Location of Abdominal Pain Associated with Various Diseases* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Abdominal Pain* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Introduction: Malignant Neoplasms (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Gastric cancer (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Malignant spinal neoplasms (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Abdominal distention (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Abdominal mass (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Abdominal pain (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Abdominal Pain (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Chronic/Recurrent Abdominal Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Abdominal/Pelvic Mass (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Acute Abdominal Pain (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Gastric cancer (Handbook of Diseases)
- Abdominal pain (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Abdominal distention (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Abdominal mass (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Abdominal pain (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Abdominal Pain (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Abdominal Masses (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Abdominal distention (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal mass (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Abdominal pain (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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