Stomach is that part of digestive system which is also known as gastrointestinal tract where generally cancer occurs. Cancer is the diseaes which damange the cells and tissues of the body. There are so many people who are suffering from stomach cancer. They are of many types such as Aden carcinomas which is occur in glandular cell of the stomach lining
Another type of stomach cancer is soft tissue sarcomas such as Leiomyosarcoma which is occurring in cells of the stomach, gastrointestinal stomal tumour (GIST) which is occur in tissues of the stomach. Other types of stomach cancer are lymphoma and characinoid tumor. The stomach can be badly affected by both of the tumors.
The main cause of the stomach cancer is refrigeration it means people are like to eat more and more fresh food rather than smoked and prickled food. It is also caused due to the lack of vitamin B-12. The other causes are atrophic gastric and growth of polyps in the stomach.
At the early phases of the stomach cancer, it is not expected to see very non-specific symptoms. Mild nausea, mild discomfort, and heartburn are some of the symptoms which are very often seen at the early stages of stomach cancer since the tumor is very small in size as well as has not metastasized.
In the later stage of stomach cancer the symptoms become more prominent that usually include blood in stool, fatigue, nausea as well as abdominal pain. These diverse symptoms by certain point of time occur, stomach cancer metastasize into other body organs like colon, small intestine, liver, lymph nodes and esophagus. There are some other symptoms of stomach cancer like losing weight, losing appetite, heart burn, vomiting, tiredness, black stool.
The main treatment of the stomach cancer is surgery. And after the surgery chemotherapy is given. In some cases it can be done before the surgery also. Sometimes when it is not possible to do surgery then also chemotherapy proves to be helpful. Radiotherapy is also used as a kind of treatment for stomach cancer.
