By Kyle Melnick for Washington PostCountry music fans paid tribute this week to singer and guitarist Toby Keith after he died Monday at the age of 62. Keith was receiving treatment for stomach cancer, and his death raised awareness for the condition. Live well every day with tips and guidance on food, fitness and mental...
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What are stage 1 stomach cancer symptoms?
Doctors use a staging system to describe the severity and spread of stomach cancer, with stage 1 being the earliest stage. Symptoms of stage 1 stomach cancer may include abdominal discomfort, indigestion, nausea, and bloating. At this stage, doctors typically recommend treatment with surgery to remove all or part of the stomach. They may follow...
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STOMACH CANCER RISK IS HIGHER FOR ASIAN AMERICANS
Asian Americans, particularly Korean Americans, are at an unusually high risk for stomach cancer, research shows. Over the last six decades in the United States, stomach, or gastric, cancer rates have plummeted. But around the world, gastric cancer remains a leading cause of death, particularly in Asia. In an article in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology,...
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Study opens route to overcoming drug resistance in stomach cancer
by Institute of Cancer Research Stomach cancer cells. Credit: Katharina von Loga Scientists have shown how stomach cancers can dodge the effects of a promising new experimental treatment—raising the possibility of outsmarting cancer by predicting drug resistance in advance. Their new study found that stomach cancers could develop resistance to a new class of drugs...
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Stomach cancer atlas maps path to better treatments
by Federico Graciano, Duke-NUS Medical School Figure 1. UMAPs depicting cell lineages marked by genes specific to each cluster. The epithelial cell meta-cluster is marked by CDH1 expression and the different subclusters of epithelial cells such as pit mucous cell (Pit) marked by MUC5AC, TFF1, chief cells (Chief) marked by LIPF and PGA3 expression and intestinal...
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New therapeutic target pinpointed for stomach cancer
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain WEHI researchers have identified a key molecular regulator involved in the progression and spread of stomach cancer, suggesting a potential new approach to treat this devastating disease. The team discovered that removing the inflammatory signaling protein TNF in a laboratory model prevented early...
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UArizona Health Sciences researchers find biomarker that can appear before stomach cancer
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES A promising new biomarker that appears in patients before stomach cancer develops may help with early detection of the disease and improve patient response to therapy, according to findings in a study led by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers. The biomarker can be detected through a simple blood test, saving...
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Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers
MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER, Minn. — Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a “genetically and clinically distinct” disease, new Mayo Clinic research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early onset form often grows and spreads more quickly, has a worse prognosis, and is more resistant to traditional chemotherapy...
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Bride-to-be, 30, who was told she had terminal stomach cancer claims she is being kept alive by a revolutionary aerosol treatment which SPRAYS drugs onto her tumours
Amelia Page discovered she had aggressive stomach cancer in January Doctors gave the former teaching assistant, from Wales, months to live She is taking part in a trial of an aerosol spray released inside her stomach However, Ms Page is also having traditional chemotherapy at the same time The 30-year-old claims she is ‘not as riddled’ with the disease now By STEPHEN MATTHEWS HEALTH EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE A bride-to-be who as told she...
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Heartburn drugs linked to fatal heart and kidney disease, stomach cancer
Death risk increases the longer such drugs are used WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Extended use of popular drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux has been associated with an increased risk of premature death. However, little has been known about the specific causes of death attributed to the drugs. Now, a study by researchers at Washington University School of...
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