{"title":"[GASTRIC CANCER IN THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY PHYSICIAN].","authors":"K Kranjčević","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. Gastric cancer mostly affects older people.\nThe incidence increases with age and more than 75% of people are older than 50 years. Due to the relatively late detection,\nlong-term survival is poor, except for patients with localized disease and it remains difficult to cure. There are many known risk\nfactors for stomach cancer, but it is not known exactly how these factors cause cells of the stomach lining to become cancerous.\nBut it is known that a certain kind of diet can contribute to its development such as a diet high in salty and smoked foods and\nlow in fruits and vegetables. Long-term infection with H. pylori increases the risk of gastric cancer and the World Health Organization\ndeclared H. pylori as carcinogenic for some types of the gastric cancers. About 90% to 95% of cancers of the stomach are\nadenocarcinomas, the others are Lymphomas, Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and MALT lymphoma. Early gastric cancer\nhas no associated symptoms; however, some patients complain of indigestion, nausea or vomiting, dysphagia or postprandial\nfullness. When there is a suspicion of the gastric it is necessary to do an endoscopy with multiple biopsies. Many treatments may\nbe used such as surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted drugs or a combination of these methods, and the choice\ndepends on the stage of the disease and the condition of the patient. Family physician should determine all patients who are at\nincreased risk and regularly control them.</p>","PeriodicalId":35756,"journal":{"name":"Acta Medica Croatica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Medica Croatica","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. Gastric cancer mostly affects older people.
The incidence increases with age and more than 75% of people are older than 50 years. Due to the relatively late detection,
long-term survival is poor, except for patients with localized disease and it remains difficult to cure. There are many known risk
factors for stomach cancer, but it is not known exactly how these factors cause cells of the stomach lining to become cancerous.
But it is known that a certain kind of diet can contribute to its development such as a diet high in salty and smoked foods and
low in fruits and vegetables. Long-term infection with H. pylori increases the risk of gastric cancer and the World Health Organization
declared H. pylori as carcinogenic for some types of the gastric cancers. About 90% to 95% of cancers of the stomach are
adenocarcinomas, the others are Lymphomas, Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and MALT lymphoma. Early gastric cancer
has no associated symptoms; however, some patients complain of indigestion, nausea or vomiting, dysphagia or postprandial
fullness. When there is a suspicion of the gastric it is necessary to do an endoscopy with multiple biopsies. Many treatments may
be used such as surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted drugs or a combination of these methods, and the choice
depends on the stage of the disease and the condition of the patient. Family physician should determine all patients who are at
increased risk and regularly control them.
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