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• Disease name: gastric cancer
• Location: stomach
• Department: Department of Gastroenterology
• Symptoms and signs: early gastric cancer: epigastric pain, dull pain, dull pain, nausea, loss of appetite, belching and emaciation. Advanced gastric cancer: abdominal pain, anorexia and emaciation, nausea and vomiting, hematemesis and black stool, diarrhea, dysphagia, etc.

Disease Overview

Gastric cancer can occur in any part of the stomach, but it is more common in the gastric antrum, especially in the lesser curvature side of the stomach. According to the depth of invasion of cancer tissue, it can be divided into early gastric cancer and advanced gastric cancer (middle and advanced gastric cancer). View Details

clinical manifestation

Most patients with early gastric cancer have no obvious symptoms, and a few have nausea, vomiting or upper gastrointestinal symptoms similar to ulcer disease. As the disease progresses, epigastric pain worsens, appetite decreases, and fatigue develops. Depending on the location of the tumor, it also has its special manifestations. View Details

disease control

In order to reduce the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer, secondary prevention should be carried out. Primary prevention, namely etiological prevention, refers to trying to control and avoid known suspected carcinogens. Secondary prevention is to find susceptible individuals in the natural population and conduct regular follow-up inspection in order to achieve early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. View Details