Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2021, Jessica Sheth Bhutada, MD, MS, and colleagues uncovered a startling 2% annual uptick in metastatic ...

Stomach cancer, though not as common as some other forms of cancer, can be a serious and life-threatening condition if not ...

The treatment goals and options for stomach cancer vary depending on how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread. Surgery is often an effective treatment option for people with early-stage ...

Reviewed by Anuj K. Patel, MD, Clinical Director of the Center for Esophageal and Gastric Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in ...

Factors that increase a person’s risk of developing stomach cancer include older age, being male, and an H. pylori infection. By knowing the risk factors, people can take steps to lower their chances ...

Immunotherapy may help shrink a tumor or slow the growth of cancer cells. People may have it in combination with other treatments for stomach cancer. Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps the immune ...

Diagnosis of stomach cancer (also known as gastric cancer) is now occurring more often at earlier stages, likely related to advances in tests and imaging. Importantly, stomach cancer is also being ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 39-year-old brother was just diagnosed with gastric cancer. The diagnosis was especially shocking because of his age. Is this becoming more common? Does age affect the approaches ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 39-year-old brother was just diagnosed with gastric cancer. The diagnosis was especially shocking because of his age. Is this becoming more common? Does age affect the approaches ...

Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, begins in the cells that line the stomach. The vast majority of stomach cancers are the adenocarcinoma type, which affects the glandular mucus-producing ...