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Preventing Gastric Cancer

 

Only about one in five cases of gastric cancer are found in its early stages (American Cancer Society, 2013). The late stage symptoms include long-term upper abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, fever and pain in the lower abdomen (Jiang, 2012). Jiang also states that the most dangerous symptom that is involved is when the internal organs that are next to the stomach start to get damaged (2012). Some of these organs include the pancreas, liver, colon, along with others. The spread of gastric cancer could further develop problems and increase the chance of death.
             If symptoms are persistent the first step is to take a visit to the doctor. The doctors will assess what to do based on your symptoms and possible risk factors. If the doctor suspects that a patient may be suffering from gastric cancer, he will refer the patient to a gastroenterologist, a doctor who specializes in gastric cancer (American Cancer Society, 2013). A doctor could use an endoscope to examine the stomach. This is a long flexible tube with a camera on the end that is stuck down the patient's throat (Hewitt, 2013). Upper endoscopy is the main test used to find stomach cancer in a patient (American Cancer Society, 2013). If the doctor sees something that is out of the normal inside the stomach with the endoscope a biopsy, or tissue sample, from the stomach could be obtained (American Cancer Society, 2013). The sample taken from the biopsy is then clinically examined and checked for cancer cells (Hewitt, 2013). If there are signs of cancer in the biopsy sample the doctor will use the information devise a treatment plan to deal with the cancer. According to the National Library of Medicine some other tests that can help diagnose gastric cancer are a complete blood count (CBC) to check for anemia and a stool test to check for blood in the stool (2013).
             Lifestyle Factors .
             There are many lifestyle factors that could have possible impacts on someone's risk for developing gastric cancer.


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