National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

What is cancer of the stomach?
The stomach cancer is an abnormal proliferation of cells in the stomach. It most often affects men, is rare before 50 years, and risk increases with age.
The chances of survival are greater if the cancer is diagnosed early, if spread to lymph is absent or limited, or if it is a superficial damage.

What are its causes?
Additional factors are known, but not always found: a personal history of stomach disease chronic inflammation of the stomach with atrophy, including infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, gastric ulcer, gastric polyps, surgery, high intake of salt, smoked foods. (more…)

Malignant tumor formed by the uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells that invade surrounding structures and tends to produce secondary tumors at bay. A tumor located in the stomach may result from an ulcer in Helicobacter pylori.

• Affects both sexes equally.
• The frequency decreases with the evolution of food preservation but remains high (9,000 new cases per year).
• Geographical disparity.

Risk Factors.

• Gastric lesions:
  ulcer;
  chronic gastritis;
  atrophic gastritis
  Helicobacter Pylori

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