Upon hearing the words 'stomach cancer', it is pretty easy to think of a disease with set standard of symptoms. The truth however, is completely opposite of what one might think. Stomach cancer ...

A catheter for chemotherapy on a woman’s arm. Photo courtesy National Cancer Institute via Wikimedia Commons Music lovers around the world mourned the passing of Grammy award-nominee Toby Keith due to ...

Stomach cancer is challenging to detect early due to vague symptoms, often diagnosed at advanced stages. Diagnosis involves endoscopy, imaging, laparoscopy, and molecular testing for markers like HER2 ...

Metastatic stomach cancer is cancer that has spread beyond your stomach to distant tissues. Treatment generally focuses on extending your life and reducing symptoms. Metastatic stomach cancer is also ...

Esophagus cancer and stomach cancer affect different parts of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, some types of cancer start where the esophagus and stomach meet. The esophagus is the tube that ...

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 ...

Before Todd Leach lost his father to a rare, aggressive form of stomach cancer, his dad gave him one last gift: a genetic ...

A new genetic study has identified two types of stomach cancer that respond differently to chemotherapy, according to a release by Duke Health. In the study, published in Gastroenterology, Duke ...

Stomach cancer usually starts with precancerous changes in the stomach’s inner lining. Precancerous conditions are changes that occur in the body that may lead to cancer. Several precancerous changes ...

Treatment for stomach cancer can depend on the specific location of the cancer and how far it has spread. Options can include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted drugs, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, ...

Stomach cancer is cancer that develops in cells of the stomach. Symptoms typically do not develop until the later stages of the disease. In some cases, people with stomach cancer may have gastric ...

Singer-songwriter Toby Keith has died after being diagnosed with stomach cancer two years earlier. He was 62. The "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" singer "passed peacefully last night on Feb. 5 ...