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2. Stomach cancer - Wikipedia

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   ] The highest rate of stomach cancer was in Mongolia, at 28 cases per 100,000 people. [105] [unreliable source?] In the United Kingdom, stomach cancer is the 15th most-common cancer (around 7,100 people were diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2011), and it is the 10th most-common cause of cancer-related deaths (around 4,800 people died in 2012 ...

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. Infectious causes of cancer - Wikipedia

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   Worldwide in 2015, the most common causes of cancer death were lung cancer (1.6 million deaths), liver cancer (745,000 deaths), and stomach cancer (723,000 deaths). [7] Lung cancer is largely due to non-infectious causes, such as tobacco smoke. However, liver and stomach cancer are primarily due to infectious causes.

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

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   What causes stomach cancer? A bacterial infection, the food a person eats and genetic mutations can lead to the disease. ... In the U.S., stomach cancer is more common in Asian, Hispanic, Black ...

6. Linitis plastica - Wikipedia

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   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 gastritis. The risk factors are undefined, except for rare inherited mutations in E-cadherin.

7. Causes of cancer - Wikipedia

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   The relationship between diet and the development of particular cancers may partly explain differences in cancer incidence in different countries. For example, gastric cancer is more common in Japan due to the frequency of high-salt diets and colon cancer is more common in the United States due to the increased intake of processed and red meats ...