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A Mediterranean diet lowers the risk of stomach cancer, as does not smoking. [2] [5] Tentative evidence indicates that treating H. pylori decreases the future risk. [2] [5] If stomach cancer is treated early, it can be cured. [2] Treatments may include some combination of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and targeted therapy.
Age adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 people, 2013-2017. [1] All Cancer: 158.3 Oral cancer: 0.0 Esophageal cancer: 3.9 Stomach cancer: 3.1 Colorectal cancer: 13.9 Liver cancer and bile duct cancer: 6.6 Gallbladder cancer: 0.6 Pancreatic cancer: 11.0 Laryngeal cancer: 1.0 Lung cancer: 40.2 Tracheal cancer (including other respiratory organs) 0.1
Cancer of the stomach, also called gastric cancer, is the fourth-most-common type of cancer and the second-highest cause of cancer death globally. [2] Eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia) is a high-risk area for gastric cancer, and North America, Australia, New Zealand and western and northern Africa are areas with low risk. [5]
The lifetime risk of developing stomach cancer is higher in men. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for stomach cancer in the U.S. for 2024 are: About 26,890 new cases of stomach cancer ...
Sydney Towle, then 23, had a bump in her stomach that she thought was a hernia. Then she felt burning. She had bile duct cancer, rare for her age.
Cancer deaths in the U.S. have dropped by over 4 million since 1991, but there's been a surge in cancer diagnoses happening at an earlier age.
An estimated 70% of males and 56% of females who inherit an inactivating CDH1 mutation will develop this form of cancer by age 80. Female patients are also estimated to have a 42% lifetime risk of developing lobular breast cancer. [3] The median age of gastric cancer diagnosis in individuals with a CDH1 inactivating mutation is 38 years of age ...
The most common risk factors for gastric cancer include H. pylori bacterial infection, smoking, alcohol use, obesity, and a family history of gastric cancer, says Dr. Chiang.
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