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Comprehensive Care & Treatment For Stomach Cancer in Salem.
What is Stomach Cancer?
Stomach cancer or gastric cancer begins when cancer cells form in the inner lining of your stomach. These cells can grow into a tumor.
Symptoms
- Stomach pain
- Blood in stool
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Yellowish eyes or skin
- Swelling in your stomach
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Weakness or feeling tired
- Heartburn
Risk Factors
- Lymphoma (a group of blood cancers)
- H. Pylori bacterial infections (a common stomach infection that can sometimes lead to ulcers)
- Tumors in other parts of the digestive system
- Stomach polyps (abnormal growths of tissue that form on the lining of the stomach)
Types
Adenocarcinoma of the stomach
The cancer develops from the cells that form the mucosa, the innermost lining of the stomach and it accounts for about 90% of stomach cancers.
Lymphoma of the stomach
Cancerous cells form in the immune tissue (lymphatic tissue) that is sometimes found in the wall of the stomach.
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST)
These are rare tumors that form in the muscle or connective tissue of the stomach wall (interstitial cells of Canal.
Neuroendocrine tumors
The cancerous cells collect and form tumors in the hormone-making cells, usually in the digestive tract (including the stomach).
Stages
Stage 0
Cancer is found only in inner linings of mucosa and not spread into any other layers of stomach.
Stage 1
Stage 1A:
Cancer has spread into submucosa (tissue next to mucosa), but not to any lymph nodes or other organs.
Stage 1B:
This stage may either have any of the conditions
- The stomach cancer has grown into mucosa and is also found in one or two lymph nodes
- The stomach cancer has grown into the muscles of stomach wall
Stage 2
Stage 2A
This stage can have any of the conditions
- The cancer has either grown into inner layer of stomach and is found in three to six lymph nodes and grown into the muscles of stomach wall and spread to one or more lymph nodes.
Stage 2B
The cancer has grown into inner layer of stomach and is found in more than seven lymph nodes or it has grown through all the muscles of stomach wall.
Stage 3
Stage 3A
The cancer has grown into muscle layer and 7 or more lymph nodes.
Stage 3B
The cancer has grown into outer lining of stomach and 7 or more lymph nodes.
Stage 3C
The cancer has grown through all the layers of stomach and spread to more than 7 lymph nodes.
Stage 4
The cancer has spread to distant parts of body along with area around stomach.
Diagnosis
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Biopsy
- Imaging tests, such as CT scans and x-ray
Treatment
Surgery
- Subtotal gastrectomy: Removal of the part of the stomach that contains cancer, nearby lymph nodes, and parts of other tissues and organs near the tumor
- Total gastrectomy: Removal of the entire stomach, nearby lymph nodes, and parts of the esophagus, small intestine, and other tissues near the tumor
- Endoluminal stent placement: A procedure to insert a stent (a thin, expandable tube) in order to keep a passage (such as arteries or the esophagus) open
- Endoluminal laser therapy: This is a procedure in which an endoscope (a thin, lighted tube) with a laser attached is inserted into the body
- Gastrojejunostomy: A Surgery to remove the part of the stomach with cancer that is blocking the opening into the small intestine
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation therapy