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2. Stomach cancer - Wikipedia

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   Among men, 683 754 cases were diagnosed, accounting for 7.2% of all cancer cases, and among women, stomach cancer was diagnosed in 349 947 cases, accounting for 4.1% of all cancer cases. [96] In 2012, stomach cancer was the fifth most-common cancer with 952,000 cases diagnosed. [16] It is more common both in men and in developing countries.

3. Gastrointestinal cancer - Wikipedia

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   Cancer of the stomach, also called gastric cancer, is the fourth-most-common type of cancer and the second-highest cause of cancer death globally. [2] Eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia) is a high-risk area for gastric cancer, and North America, Australia, New Zealand and western and northern Africa are areas with low risk. [5]

4. Linitis plastica - Wikipedia

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   Linitis plastica is a type of adenocarcinoma and accounts for 3–19% of gastric adenocarcinomas. [1] Causes of cancerous linitis plastica are commonly primary gastric cancer, but in rarer cases could be metastatic infiltration of the stomach, particularly breast and lung carcinoma. [2] It is not associated with H. pylori infection or chronic ...

5. Woman, 39, thought her severe heartburn was a heart attack ...

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   Ethnicity is also a risk factor: In the U.S., stomach cancer is more common in Asian, Hispanic, Black and Native Americans, the American Cancer Society notes. A major cause is infection with H ...

6. This Doctor-Recommend Stomach Ache Remedy Is Probably ... - AOL

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   Constipation is very common in women, says Irwin Grosman, M.D., gastroenterology chief at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. ... read up on some of the most common causes of stomach aches ...

7. Tumor of the stomach - Wikipedia

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   The stomach is an organ of the gastrointestinal tract that sits in the abdomen. [1] 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 mucosa which lines the stomach. Typically, most gastric tumors are cancerous and not detected until a ...