Stomach Cancer :
Stomach cancer also known as gastric cancer is the cancer that develops in the stomach. It can occur due to various reasons such as family history, genetics, smoking, H. pylori infection, obesity, prolonged eating of smoked food, certain genetic conditions like Lynch syndrome, age(>50yrs) etc.,It can be of different types such as adenocarcinoma (most common type), lymphoma, GIST , carcinoid tumor etc.Signs and symptoms are vague in the early stages like heartburn , loss of appetite , indigestion etc, but in late stages the person experiences weight loss, yellowish discouloration of skin and mucous membranes,difficulty in swallowing(dysphagia) , blood in stool etc . Immediate diagnosis and treatment via surgery, chemotherapy , radiation therapy, targeted therapy and or immunotherapy are necessary to avoid complications like spread of the cancer and death in late stages.