Gastric Cancer Risk

Stomach Cancer Awareness Month: Here's a look at the most common symptoms to help you better understand and potentially identify this disease at its onset.

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.

People who experienceheart burns for a longer period of time and experience it quite frequently,might have stomach or gastric cancer.

Every ten kilograms of extra weight reduces life by three years. An obese person with a 50 kg of extra weight has already shortened his life by nearly 15 years. Commonly associated diseases like diabetes, heart problem, joint pains and risk of developing cancer may even shorten the life span of the person.

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.

Infection by Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria associated with peptic ulcers and gastric cancer, also appears to increase the risk of diseases of the circulation.

Stomach Cancer Awareness Month: Here's a look at the most common symptoms to help you better understand and potentially identify this disease at its onset.

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.

People who experienceheart burns for a longer period of time and experience it quite frequently,might have stomach or gastric cancer.

Every ten kilograms of extra weight reduces life by three years. An obese person with a 50 kg of extra weight has already shortened his life by nearly 15 years. Commonly associated diseases like diabetes, heart problem, joint pains and risk of developing cancer may even shorten the life span of the person.

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.

Infection by Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria associated with peptic ulcers and gastric cancer, also appears to increase the risk of diseases of the circulation.