Summing up the knowledge you want to know about stomach cancer

According to WHO statistics, the number of new cancer cases in Vietnam has been constantly increasing over the years, from 68,000 in 2000 to 126,000 in 2010. Of which, it is worth mentioning that among those infected, there were 70 % of cancer patients died of disease, 115,000 cases spent.

It isn’t coincidence that the disease is dubbed as a death sentence for anyone suffering from it if the ratio goes 10 to 3 such. And, stomach cancer occupies the top 3/5 cancer rates with the highest incidence rate in Vietnam with 10.6% of the country’s cancer cases.

What is stomach cancer?

Stomach cancer is a phenomenon where normal structure cells of the stomach become abnormally abnormal. As the disease progresses, this malignant tumor can spread around and metastasize to other distant organs. Causing many adverse effects on health, even death.

Stomach cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to detect at an early stage. Therefore, increasing the challenge of volunteering patients’ self-examination results in very late detection.

Symptoms of stomach cancer

Abdominal bloating

This symptom appears at an early stage of stomach cancer. Besides, survive during the disease process. Over 70% of patients had this manifestation in the first place. People pay attention to the expression and perform an instant check if the situation lasted more than 2 days.

Heartburn, impatience

This is a symptom easily mistaken for stomach pain, gastritis but you should not be subjective with it. Uncomfortable, painful sores in the stomach, and reduced medication intake are characteristic of this symptom.

Severe abdominal pain

As the tumor grows, abdominal pain becomes frequent and intense. At this time, the patient using painkillers will have no effect. Gastric tumors can cause complications such as perforation, hemorrhage and necrosis.

Weight loss, fatigue, anemia

Many patients feel tired and do not want to eat anything when sick. This condition can last for a long time to lose weight. Pay attention to your body’s appearance and get timely intervention. Patients with long-term illness, gastrointestinal bleeding may also occur. Accompanied by manifestations such as vomiting blood, defecation of black stools, or tests for red blood cells in the blood.

Other symptoms 

Many patients with gastric gastric cancer may experience vomiting or choking. Stomach cancer can lead to acute stomach perforation, abdominal pain, and peritonitis.
The symptoms of end-stage stomach cancer are usually obvious, so it’s easy to identify. But by now it seems too late because the tumor has metastasized hard to cure. If it is treated at this stage, it will be bad.

The cause of stomach cancer

Pre-cancerous lesions

Atrophy of the gastric mucosa; cells in the gastric mucosa morphologically change like cells in the intestine and colon (intestinal metaplasia); Stomach lining cells change structure, get out of control of the body (dysplasia).

HP bacteria (Helicobacter pylori)

Causes gastric ulcer and destruction of gastric mucosa, causing precancerous lesions.

Fat

Obese people are more likely to develop stomach cancer than normal people, especially those with partial heart cancer.

Genetic

Genetic rate of atrophic gastritis gene from mother to child is 48%. In addition, the inherited mutation of the gene E – cadherin (CDH1) or inherited syndromes such as adenomatous polyps, non-polyp hereditary colorectal cancer is also associated with stomach cancer.

Sex

According to a study, men have twice the incidence of stomach cancer as women.

Blood group

People with type A blood are more likely to have stomach cancer than blood types O, B, and AB.

Stomach surgery

People with a history of gastric bypass surgery are at high risk for gastric cancer, especially about 15-20 years after surgery.

Age

The older you are at risk of developing stomach cancer, especially after the age of 50. When stomach disease is a disease accumulated from long-term habits such as not eating on time, skipping meals, overeating lots of hot spicy food, ..

Stages of stomach cancer

Phase 0

The tumor was found only in the lining of the stomach wall. This stage is also known as carcinoma. Discovered at this stage 100% of patients have the opportunity to live more than 5 years.

Phase 1

The tumor began to invade the second layer of the stomach wall, the lower part of the mucosa when stomach cancer stage 1. The cancer cells gradually spread into different lymph nodes. At this stage, the number of lymph nodes that have been spread is below 6.
Another case of early-stage gastric cancer when the tumor has invaded both the second and third layers of the stomach wall, is the muscular layer and the lower mucosa. The cancer cells have not spread to the lymph nodes and other organs.

Phase 2

The tumor only invaded the submucosal layer with stage 2 stomach cancer. And the cancer cells had spread to 7 to 15 lymph nodes. Or the tumor has invaded the submucosa and muscle layer. On the other hand, the tumor may have penetrated to the outer layer of the stomach. Cancer cells do not spread to lymph nodes and other organs.

Phase 3

The tumor has invaded the submucosa and muscle layer with stage 3 stomach cancer. The cancer cells have spread 7 to 15 lymph nodes. Or the tumor has invaded to the outer layer, the cancer cells have spread from 1 to 15 lymph nodes. In worse cases, the tumor has invaded nearby organs like the liver, colon, or spleen. Cancer cells do not spread to lymph nodes and distant organs.

Phase 4

Cancer cells have spread to more than 15 lymph nodes. Cancer cells continue to metastasize to further organs.
The time of someone with stomach cancer
The survival rate of people with stomach cancer depends on many factors, including:
Tumor: Depending on the location, size, stage of the disease or how far the cancer has spread.
The patient’s condition: health, psychology, ability to meet the treatment regimen of the doctor.
Objective factors: treatment methods, treatment regimens, equipment and responsiveness of medical examination and treatment facilities …
In general, any cancer needs to be detected early, the higher the survival rate, leading to an increase in the patient’s life time. For early-stage gastric cancer, the 5-year survival rate reaches 70%. But if detected in the later stages, patients need to strictly follow doctor’s instructions so that the disease can be treated in the best possible direction.

Prevention of stomach cancer

– Eat foods that are low in Nitrate.
– Good treatment of gastritis disease so as not to convert it into cancer.
– Screening and thorough treatment of polyps and benign tumors in the stomach.
– Screening for early gastrointestinal cancer if there is a family history of tumor, gastrointestinal cancer … Because this is a inherited disease.

– Use foods that meet food safety and hygiene standards and have clear origins.
– Limit beer, alcohol and harmful stimulants.
The above is all information about stomach cancer. Hope to bring useful knowledge for readers. Remember to screen for disease early when one of the symptoms of stomach cancer. Don’t be indifferent to your own health!

Conclusion

 You can stop it, because the lines below no longer share knowledge about stomach cancer. It is also not a superior remedy that teaches cancer treatment or techniques to prevent cancer as you are often known through the websites that still find other labels on the media. where. Just an open statement, saying: “When the cancer hasn’t picked me up, I’m ready to welcome it.”

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