Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer: Introduction

Stomach cancer: Stomach or gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Stomach cancer is available below.

Symptoms of Stomach cancer

• Early symptoms:
  • Vague abdominal symptoms
  • Indigestion
  • Heartburn
  • Upper abdominal discomfort
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 56 symptoms of Stomach cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Stomach cancer:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Cancer-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Prostate Testing
  • Home Prostate PSA Antigen Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Testing
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Testing
  • Home Breast Cancer Testing
  • Home Breast Lump Detection Kits
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Stomach cancer: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Stomach cancer:

• Metastatic stomach cancer (see Digestive symptoms)
  • Liver cancer
  • Pancreas cancer
  • Colon cancer
  • Lung cancer
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Stomach cancer

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Stomach cancer

• Physical exam
• Fecal occult blood test
• Upper GI series
• Barium meal contrast x-ray
• Endoscopy
• more tests...»

See full list of 10 diagnostic tests for Stomach cancer

Wrongly Diagnosed with Stomach cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Stomach cancer
• Failure to diagnose Stomach cancer
• Hidden causes of Stomach cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer: Medical Mistakes

• Cancer Health Mistakes:
  • Cancer (All) -- Health Mistakes
  • Breast Cancer -- Health Mistakes
  • Colorectal Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Stomach cancer: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Stomach cancer:

• Digestive Health
• Cancer
• more product offers...»

Stomach cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Stomach cancer

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The...read more »

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 »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over...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 ...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...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Gynecological Oncology
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Stomach cancer

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Stomach cancer:

• Cancer (Oncology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Stomach cancer, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Stomach cancer: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Stomach cancer

• Diet
• Gastritis
• Intestinal metaplasia
• Helicobacter pylori infection
• High salt in the diet
• more causes...»

See full list of 8 causes of Stomach cancer

More information about causes of Stomach cancer:

• Underlying causes of Stomach cancer
• Stomach cancer as a complication caused by other conditions
• Stomach cancer as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Stomach cancer

Treatments for Stomach cancer

• Surgery
  • Partial gastrectomy
  • Total gastrectomy
• Chemotherapy
  • IV chemotherapy
• more treatments...»

See full list of 10 treatments for Stomach cancer

Latest Treatments for Stomach cancer

• Surgical excision
• Lymph node excision
• Endoscopic mucosal resection
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• more treatments...»

See full list of 17 latest treatments for Stomach cancer

News Archives for Stomach cancer

Medical news articles related to Stomach cancer include:

• Smoking, Drinking Raise Risks of Esophagus, Stomach Cancer
• Eradicating Gut Bacteria Improves Stomach Cancer Outcomes
• Chemo Drug Improves Stomach Cancer Survival for Japanese Patients
• Scientists Discover How Stomach Tumors Form
• Broccoli May Ward Off Serious Stomach Ailments
• Gastric Bypass Success Sparks Debate
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Stomach cancer

Medical research articles related to Stomach cancer include:

• Do allergies help prevent cancer?
• Screening & Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori for Gastric Cancer
• Stomach cancer
• S-1 plus cisplatin versus S-1 alone for first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer (SPIRITS trial)
• Is there any evidence on sulphoraphane or "super broccoli" hyped as the designer vegetable for cancer prevention?
• Rapid Test for Helicobacter Pylori
• more research...»

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Videos for Stomach cancer

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
• more trials...»

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

Stomach cancer: Broader Related Topics

• Digestive system cancer
• Cancer
• Digestive Diseases
• Chronic digestive diseases
• Stomach Conditions
• more types...»

Types of Stomach cancer

Curable Types of Stomach cancer

Possibly curable types of Stomach cancer include:

• Adenocarcinoma of stomach
• Linitus plastica of stomach
• more types...»

Rare Types of Stomach cancer:

Rare types of Stomach cancer include:

• Diffuse-type gastric cancers
• Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
• GIST tumours
• more types...»

Stories from Users Related to Stomach cancer

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User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Stomach cancer, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

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• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
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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