Stomach Cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a type of cancer that starts in the cells of the stomach and grow out of control. They tend to grow slowly over many years. The stomach is a sac-like pouch responsible for food digestion and the secretion of gastric juices. The level of invasiveness is determined by diagnostic testing and imaging. Bardmoor Cancer Center will take careful steps stage and grade the tumor to assess the best way to create and manage your treatment plan. Our goal is to achieve the very best outcome while preserving your quality of life.
Types of stomach cancer include:
- Adenocarcinomas (most common)
- GI stromal tumors
- Neuroendocrine tumors including carcinoids
- Lymphomas
What are the risk factors for Stomach Cancer?
It may be possible to avoid some risk factors for stomach cancer, but some are out of your control. The best plan is to catch it early. Lifestyle and hereditary factors include:
- Tobacco use
- Alcohol use
- Helicobacter pylori infection
- Human papillomavirus infection (HPV)
- Personal history of stomach cancer
- Poor diet
- Being overweight or obese
- Genetic inherited syndromes
- Pernicious anemia
- Menetrier disease
- Common viable immune deficiency (CVID)
- Epstein-Barr virus infection
- Previous stomach surgeries
- Stomach polyps
- Having type A blood
- Family history of stomach cancer
- Gender/Age/Race/Where you live