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Stomach Cancer Learning Center
Complications could include:
- Ascites
- Metastatic Cancer
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Gastrointestinal Bl...
- Pain
- Extrahepatic Bile D...
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
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Pancreatic duct obstruction
- Intestinal Obstruct...
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Fluid build up in the belly area (ascites) Gastrointestinal bleeding; Spread of cancer to other organs or tissues; Weight loss;
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Overall, approximately 20% of patients with stomach cancer live at least five years following diagnosis. Patients diagnosed with stomach cancer in its early stages have a far better prognosis than those for whom it is in the later stages. In the e...
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"Staging" is a method of describing cancer development. There are five stages in gastric cancer with stage 0 being the earliest cancer that has not spread while stage IV includes cancer that has spread to other organs. Expected survival rate can b...
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Overall, approximately 20% of patients with stomach cancer live at least five years following diagnosis. Patients diagnosed with stomach cancer in its early stages have a far better prognosis than those for whom it is in the later stages. In the e...
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"Staging" is a method of describing cancer development. There are five stages in stomach cancer with stage 0 being the earliest cancer that has not spread while stage IV includes cancer that has spread to other organs. Expected survival rate can b...
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Ascites is excess fluid in the space between the tissues lining the abdomen and abdominal organs (the peritoneal cavity.
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Ascites is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.
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Ascites is defined as an excessive amount of fluid built up within the peritoneal cavity. Both the abdominal organs and the abdomen itself are lined with membranes called the peritoneum. Between these two linings is a space referred to as the peri...
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Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.
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The ability to invade and metastasize are the defining characteristics of a cancer. Invasion refers to the ability of cancer cells to penetrate through the membranes that separate them from healthy tissues and blood vessels. Metastasis can refer e...
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Pyloric stenosis is a narrowing of the pylorus, the opening from the stomach into the small intestine.
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Pyloric stenosis refers to a narrowing of the passage between the stomach and the small intestine. The condition, which affects infants during the first several weeks of life, can be corrected effectively with surgery.
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Pyloric stenosis is a disorder that occurs when the pyloric sphincter muscle, which is found at the outlet of the stomach, thickens and becomes enlarged causing the cavity (lumen) of the pylorus to narrow and lengthen. This blocks the passage of f...
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Pyloric stenosis is a disorder that occurs when the pyloric sphincter muscle, which is found at the outlet of the stomach, thickens and becomes enlarged causing the cavity (lumen) of the pylorus to narrow and lengthen. This blocks the passage of f...
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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding refers to any bleeding that starts in the gastrointestinal tract, which extends from the mouth to the anus. The amount of bleeding can range from nearly undetectable to acute, massive, and life threatening. Bleeding ...
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GI bleeding studies uses radioactive materials in the investigation of bleeding from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. These studies go under various names such as "GI bleeding scans" or "Tagged red blood cell scans." They are performed and interpr...
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Pain is a universal human experience. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage...
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Pain, medically termed "nociception," is a response to noxious stimuli that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons . The discomfort signals actual or impending injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awaren...
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by nerves in the body.
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Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical awareness of pain; it also includes perception, ...
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Bile duct obstruction is a blockage in the tubes that carry bile from the liver to the gallbladder and small intestine.
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Deep venous thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot forms in a vein that is deep inside the body.
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a major vein, usually in the legs and/or pelvis.
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Intestinal obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of the bowel that results in the failure of the intestinal contents to pass through.
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Intestinal obstructions are a partial or complete blockage of the small or large intestine, resulting in failure of the contents of the intestine to pass through the bowel normally.
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Intestinal obstruction is the partial or complete mechanical or nonmechanical blockage of the small or large intestine.
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An intestinal obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of the small or large intestine. Surgery is sometimes necessary to relieve the obstruction.
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