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Gastric Cancer

Stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, refers to cancer arising from any part of the stomach. Stomach cancer causes about 800,000 deaths worldwide per year.

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1 in 6 cancers worldwide caused by preventable infections

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  1. 26-Year-Old North Carolina Man Has Stomach Removed to Prevent Cancer

    26-Year-Old North Carolina Man Has Stomach Removed to Prevent CancerMonday, March 02, 2009PrintA 26-year-old North Carolina man has taken the drastic step of having ...

  2. Family Voluntarily Has Stomachs Removed to Avoid Cancer

    Family Voluntarily Has Stomachs Removed to Avoid CancerFriday, March 13, 2009PrintSeveral members of a family with a history of stomach cancer have taken drastic mea...

  3. Sisters Get Stomachs Removed to Avoid Cancer

    Sisters Get Stomachs Removed to Avoid CancerThursday, December 10, 2009PrintTwo sisters from the U.K. have had their stomachs removed in an effort to avoid the cance...

  4. Obituaries in the news

    Obituaries in the newsTuesday, August 19, 2008By The Associated PressE-Mail Print Share:John BrandlMINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ John Brandl, a former federal health official a...

  5. Study: Breast Cancer Drug Improves Stomach Cancer Survival

    Study: Breast Cancer Drug Improves Stomach Cancer SurvivalMonday, June 01, 2009PrintHerceptin, the breast cancer drug developed by Genentech, reduces the risk of dea...

  6. Sunken Ship May Have Stopped Napoleon From Taking Middle East

    Sunken Ship May Have Stopped Napoleon From Taking Middle EastThursday, March 08, 2007 By Corey BinnsPrint Steve BreitsteinCannon ball found wedged into the keel of a...

  7. FDA Limits Advertising of Cancer Benefits from Lycopene

    FDA Limits Advertising of Cancer Benefits from LycopeneWednesday, November 09, 2005E-Mail Print Share:WASHINGTON —  Producers of tomatoes, tomato sauce and dietary s...

  8. Eat Your Veggies and Fight Cancer, Too

    Eat Your Veggies and Fight Cancer, TooWednesday, November 02, 2005By Daniel J. DeNoonE-Mail Print Share:Simple foods carry the most scientifically advanced anticance...

  9. 11 Cousins Have Stomachs Removed to Fight Genetic Cancer Odds

    11 Cousins Have Stomachs Removed to Fight Genetic Cancer OddsMonday, June 19, 2006E-Mail Print Share:LOS ANGELES —  Mike Slabaugh doesn't have a stomach. Neither do ...

  10. Arsenic Poisoning Ruled Out in Napoleon's Death

    Arsenic Poisoning Ruled Out in Napoleon's DeathWednesday, February 13, 2008Print APSir Charles Locke Eastlake's famous portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte aboard the Brit...

  11. Napoleon Bonaparte Died From Gastric Cancer , Not Poisoning, Scientists Rule

    Napoleon Bonaparte Died From Gastric Cancer, Not Poisoning, Scientists RuleTuesday, January 16, 2007 By Sara GoudarziPrint APSir Charles Locke Eastlake's famous port...

  12. Study: Churchgoing Can Add Years to Your Life

    Study: Churchgoing Can Add Years to Your LifeTuesday, April 04, 2006 By Robert Roy BrittPrintThere are many things you can do to increase your life expectancy: exerc...

  1. 1 in 6 cancers worldwide caused by infections that can be prevented or treated

    One in every six cancers worldwide is caused by an infection that is preventable or treatable, according to new estimates published in the journal Lancet Oncology . ...

  2. Soy May Not Protect Against Stomach Cancer

    Estrogen-like compounds that come with a soy-rich diet are sometimes linked to a reduced risk of cancer, but new research from Japan suggests that protection doesn't...

  3. FDA approves breath test to determine bacterial infection in kids

    U.S. health regulators have approved Otsuka America Pharmaceutical's breath test to detect bacterial infection that causes stomach inflammation and ulcer, for use in...

  4. Experts build crab-like robot to remove stomach cancer

    Inspired by Singapore's famous chili crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers witho...

  5. Steve Jobs' Death Spotlights Hard-to-Detect Cancers

    This week, America lost one of its greatest innovators to what was likely a recurrence of the pancreatic cancer he had battled for years. Steve Jobs , the co-founder...

  6. Scientists Unlock Genetic Code of World's Oldest Person

    A Dutch woman who held the title of the world's oldest person when she died, aged 115, credited her longevity to a daily meal of herring, not smoking and limiting he...

  7. New Treatment for Stomach Cancer Patients

    The FDA approved a new treatment option that may help some people with metastatic stomach cancer live longer