Stomach Cancer

 

Initial symptoms are vague, thus delaying detection to advanced stage of the disease.

 

The most common symptom may be an unexplained loss of weight. Other symptoms may include:

 

• Feeling of fullness of stomach after meals

• Actual bloating up of the stomach after meals

• A constant felling nausea

• Heartburn or a felling of burning in the throat and stomach

• Diarrhea or constipation

• Weakness and fatigue

• Passage of black, tarry stools

 

Diagnosis

 

After physical examination the Doctor may suggest

 

• A test to visualize the gastrointestinal tract known as gastroendoscopy or

• A test where a solution called barium is to be swallowed followed by X-rays.

• A small piece of the suspected tissue may be removed; this provedure is known as biopsy

 

Other tests may follow

 

Management

 

• For cancer of the food pipe and stomach,  treatment plan may include surgery and chemotherapy and radiation   therapy depending on the stage