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Gastric Cancer: Introduction

Gastric or stomach cancer is relatively rare in the United States and other developed countries. Despite its rarity in the US, gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and is the fourth most common diagnosed cancer worldwide. The incidence rates for most types of gastric cancer are dropping worldwide due to improvements in living conditions and diet.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

According to the American Cancer Society, it is estimated that in 2010, 21,000 cases of gastric cancer will be diagnosed. It is also estimated that there will be 10,570 deaths from gastric cancer in 2010.⁽³⁾

Below is a list of the information found within this section:

• Anatomy of the Stomach
• Types of Gastric Cancer
• Risk Factors
• Symptoms
  
• Detection and Diagnosis
  
• The Pathology Report and Staging
• Gastric Cancer Tumor Biology
  
• Treatment
• Section Summary
  

References for this page:

1. Hohenberger P, Gretschel S. "Gastric cancer." Lancet. 2003 Jul 26;362(9380):305-15. [PUBMED]
2. World Health Organization. "Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020." Switzerland. 3 April 2003. [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr27/en/]
3. Cancer Facts and Figures 2010. American Cancer Society. [http://www.cancerquest.org/multimedia/pdf/facts&figures2010.pdf]