Gastric cancer: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Because other types of gastric cancer occur much less frequently, this article focuses on adenocarcinoma of the stomach. Adenocarcinoma of the stomach is a ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000223.htm...
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Stomach cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gastric cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs; particularly the esophagus, lungs, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach_cancer...
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ACS :: What Is Stomach Cancer?
3 Nov 2009 ... Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is a cancer that starts ... The term stomach cancer, or gastric cancer, almost always refers to ...
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is...
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Stomach Cancer: MedlinePlus
Stomach Cancer. Also called: Gastric cancer. Stomach cancer mostly affects older ... Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention (PDQ): Prevention From the National ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stomachcancer.html...
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ACS :: What Are the Risk Factors for Stomach Cancer?
3 Nov 2009 ... Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: This is an inherited syndrome that greatly increases the risk of developing stomach cancer. ...
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_2x_what_ar...
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Stomach Cancer: Tumors of the GI Tract: Merck Manual Professional
Stomach cancer accounts for an estimated 21000 cases and over 11000 deaths in the US annually. Gastric adenocarcinoma accounts for 95% of malignant tumors ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec02/ch021/ch021d.html...
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ACS :: How Is Stomach Cancer Diagnosed?
3 Nov 2009 ... This is one of the reasons stomach cancer is so hard to detect early. .... PET scans and PET/CT are not routinely done when gastric cancer ...
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_...
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Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer -- GeneReviews -- NCBI Bookshelf
Over 90% of individuals with morphologically verified stomach cancer have adenocarcinoma. The two major histological variants of gastric cancer are:
diffuse ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=gene&part...
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Sloan-Kettering - Gastric (Stomach) Cancer
At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, our Upper Gastrointestinal Disease Management Team focuses on cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and pancreas, ...
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/1467.cfm...
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Gastric Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment Options - March 1, 2004 ...
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the preferred diagnostic modality for evaluation of patients in whom stomach cancer is suspected. Accurate staging of gastric ...
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040301/1133.html...
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