Stomach cancer is the most common type of cancer world-famous. H. pylori is the cause of ulcers and may also be a major cause of stomach cancer.
Food, which includes nitrate, is also a concern among cancer researchers. Foods such as hot dogs, certain deli meats, bacon and ham contain substances known to cause stomach cancer, as well as red meat, and smoked or salted foods.
Certain foods are believed to protect against stomach cancer are fruits or vegetables. Perhaps one of the most disturbing facts about the disease is that stomach cancer is difficult to diagnose.
A cancerous tumor may be quite large at the time it is diagnosed because of lack of symptoms associated with stomach cancer. Research has shown that both men and women are more likely to develop stomach cancer if they smoked, worked late into the night.
Other factors, including family history and obesity, may trigger the development of stomach cancer.
There are several types of stomach cancer, some of which are very rare.
Some drugs commonly used:
Antiemetic to control nausea, which increases as the cancer advances. In Japan, where stomach cancer is often diagnosed early, 5-year survival rate around 50%. Survival rates five years ahead of stomach cancer ranges, about 20% for those with regional disease to almost nil for those with distant metastases.
Treatment for metastatic stomach cancer can relieve symptoms and sometimes prolong survival, but long remissions are not common.
The survival of inoperable stomach cancer is usually only a few months if not treated. A comprehensive family history was also taken to ask patients whether anyone in their family who had suffered from stomach cancer. In addition, the eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection after 20-40 years will prevent the development of stomach cancer.
Avoiding stomach cancer can also be done with proper diet and vitamin supplements.
Recent studies in animals showed high doses of folic acid may play an important role in the prevention of stomach cancer.
After the diagnosis of stomach cancer is made, surgery is a treatment option. When stomach cancer is diagnosed early and thought to be cured with surgery, careful search for Helicobacter pylori should be conducted. A Japanese study of abdominal surgery patients treated and cured cancer showed that removing Helicobacter pylori to prevent stomach cancer from forming. In individuals who do not receive treatment for Helicobacter pylori, a large percentage of developing stomach cancer is the second in recent years.
Helicobacter pylori can also cause cancer of other forms of stomach cancer. Abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma may be associated with Helicobacter pylori and most of the time of gastric MALT lymphoma (low-grade lymphoma) is always associated with Helicobacter pylori.
