• Thumbnail for Stomach cancer
    Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas...
    79 KB (8,142 words) - 06:57, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Duodenal cancer
    cancer is a cancer in the first section of the small intestine known as the duodenum. Cancer of the duodenum is relatively rare compared to stomach cancer...
    4 KB (415 words) - 03:42, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Helicobacter pylori
    Helicobacter pylori (category Infectious causes of cancer)
    ulcers or a 0.5% to 2% risk of stomach cancer. H. pylori induced gastritis may present as acute gastritis with stomach ache, nausea, and ongoing dyspepsia...
    147 KB (16,459 words) - 12:23, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carcinogen
    centrally important DNA-damaging carcinogens in colon cancer. Stomach cancer is the fourth most common cancer [990,000 cases (7.8%), 738,000 deaths (9.7%)]....
    45 KB (4,566 words) - 17:13, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stomach
    The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the upper gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach...
    47 KB (5,039 words) - 11:31, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stomach disease
    Stomach diseases include gastritis, gastroparesis, Crohn's disease and various cancers. The stomach is an important organ in the body. It plays a vital...
    8 KB (950 words) - 12:46, 1 December 2023
  • vessels (lymphangitis) caused by a malignancy. Breast, lung, stomach, pancreas, and prostate cancers are the most common tumors that result in lymphangitis...
    4 KB (305 words) - 18:48, 26 June 2019
  • Thumbnail for Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
    that is associated with a high risk of colon cancer, endometrial cancer (second most common), ovary, stomach, small intestine, hepatobiliary tract, upper...
    47 KB (4,902 words) - 21:19, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Esophageal cancer
    Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in...
    75 KB (7,682 words) - 05:22, 29 April 2024
  • of the stomach. Other conditions that produce similar symptoms include stomach cancer, coronary heart disease, and inflammation of the stomach lining...
    54 KB (5,859 words) - 15:05, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Liver cancer
    pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer and carcinoid tumors mainly of the appendix), but also from breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, renal...
    57 KB (6,092 words) - 19:57, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gastrointestinal tract
    Gastrointestinal cancer may occur at any point in the gastrointestinal tract, and includes mouth cancer, tongue cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, and colorectal...
    49 KB (5,781 words) - 08:06, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Periampullary cancer
    joined to the stomach), remaining bile duct and stomach. Pancreatic cancer "Periampullary cancer". Dictionary of Cancer Terms. National Cancer Institute....
    4 KB (393 words) - 15:36, 9 January 2024
  • cancer. By intravenous injection it is used for treatment of colorectal cancer, oesophageal cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer,...
    31 KB (2,770 words) - 04:10, 13 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pancreatic cancer
    Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass. These cancerous...
    122 KB (12,751 words) - 08:35, 3 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cancer
    types of cancer in males are lung cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and stomach cancer. In females, the most common types are breast cancer, colorectal...
    186 KB (20,182 words) - 12:31, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gastritis
    chronic gastritis progresses to complications (e.g., ulcer disease, stomach cancers, and some distinct extragastric disorders). Gastritis caused by H....
    32 KB (2,738 words) - 16:07, 30 March 2024
  • Marcy Borders (category Deaths from stomach cancer in the United States)
    memorial event in Germany. Borders was diagnosed with stomach cancer in August 2014. Borders's cancer had resulted in a $190,000 debt—even though she had...
    8 KB (652 words) - 02:58, 28 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Linitis plastica
    Linitis plastica (category Gastrointestinal cancer)
    (sometimes referred to as leather bottle stomach) is a morphological variant of diffuse stomach cancer in which the stomach wall becomes thick and rigid. Linitis...
    4 KB (382 words) - 05:03, 7 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pylorus
    Pylorus (redirect from Pyloric stomach)
    conditions as stomach cancer, tumours may partly block the pyloric canal. A special tube can be implanted surgically to connect the stomach to the duodenum...
    9 KB (967 words) - 21:19, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Diet and cancer
    increases risk of liver cancer, while drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk. Betel nut chewing causes oral cancer. Stomach cancer is more common in...
    38 KB (6,605 words) - 23:12, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Appendix cancer
    Appendix cancer, also known as appendiceal cancer, is a very rare malignant tumor that forms in the vermiform appendix. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors...
    15 KB (1,194 words) - 21:38, 11 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdominal pain
    Abdominal pain (redirect from Stomach ache)
    myocardial infarction, pericarditis Stomach: gastritis, stomach ulcer, stomach cancer Pancreas: pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer Intestinal: duodenal ulcer, diverticulitis...
    44 KB (3,256 words) - 01:23, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Docetaxel
    number of types of cancer. This includes breast cancer, head and neck cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer. It may be used...
    44 KB (4,623 words) - 23:25, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Small intestine cancer
    cancer of the jejunum and ileum (the latter two parts of the small intestine). Duodenal cancer has more in common with stomach cancer, while cancer of...
    9 KB (1,045 words) - 11:01, 26 December 2023
  • presence of cancer cells. Paraneoplastic syndromes are typical among middle-aged to older people, and they most commonly occur with cancers of the lung...
    28 KB (2,358 words) - 16:27, 5 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hunza Valley
    McCarrison who did not discover a single person with diseases such as cancer, stomach ulcers or appendicitis. The research shows that high levels of exercise...
    23 KB (2,307 words) - 20:14, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer
    of the CDH1 gene are at significantly elevated risk for developing stomach cancer. For this reason, individuals with these mutations will often elect...
    11 KB (1,269 words) - 02:33, 21 April 2024
  • Gastrointestinal cancer refers to malignant conditions of the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) and accessory organs of digestion, including the esophagus, stomach, biliary...
    25 KB (2,798 words) - 21:56, 6 January 2024
  • Tumors of the stomach are known as gastric tumors, and can be either benign or malignant (gastric cancer). These tumors arise from the cells of the gastric...
    11 KB (1,135 words) - 17:00, 11 February 2023