Gastric Cancer Causes

Having one or more risk factors may increase the chances of having gastric cancer. However, the absence of risk factors does not reduce the risk to zero.

Stomach cancer or gastric cancer begins when the cancer cells start forming the inner lining of the stomach. Click here to know more about stomach cancer.

Beedi, which has for long been known as a source of cancers of the lung and oral cavity, is also a causative risk factor for gastric malignancy, says a study by the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthpuram.

Smoking 'beedis' is a causative factor for gastric cancer apart from that of lungs and the oral cavity, a study carried out in a Kerala district town said.

Having one or more risk factors may increase the chances of having gastric cancer. However, the absence of risk factors does not reduce the risk to zero.

Stomach cancer or gastric cancer begins when the cancer cells start forming the inner lining of the stomach. Click here to know more about stomach cancer.

Beedi, which has for long been known as a source of cancers of the lung and oral cavity, is also a causative risk factor for gastric malignancy, says a study by the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthpuram.

Smoking 'beedis' is a causative factor for gastric cancer apart from that of lungs and the oral cavity, a study carried out in a Kerala district town said.