How to prevent stomach cancer

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Video content is professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Vo Thi Thuy Trang - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital

Stomach cancer is a malignant lesion that develops from the layers of the stomach wall. Usually the mucosal layer is the most likely site to develop malignant lesions. According to Globocan-2018, in Vietnam, the number of new gastric cancer patients is 17,527, accounting for 10.6% of new cancer cases, ranking fourth after liver cancer and lung cancer.

Patients with early gastric cancer can be treated locally by endoscopic techniques. Patients with advanced gastric cancer that are operable or treatable if they are healthy enough to tolerate surgery, should undergo a full gastrectomy if necessary to ensure a clean resection. During surgery, your doctor may remove part or all of your stomach. If surgery to remove all of the stomach, stomach cancer patients will have the gastrointestinal tract to help the patient in eating. Patients also need to know what to eat and what not to eat when they have stomach cancer to support effective treatment.

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Bài dịch từ: webmd.com

In addition to learning the warning signs of stomach cancer, prevention is also extremely important. Each person can self-prevent disease by:
Maintain weight and exercise daily; Limit alcohol and stimulants; Use safe food, maintain a diet rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals; Limit canned foods, processed foods, high fat, high salt; Early diagnosis and treatment of stomach diseases. Usually, patients with gastric cancer in the early stages have almost no symptoms, and patients need to be screened and examined periodically to detect it. Currently, the method of screening for early gastric cancer is endoscopy (magnified endoscopy, color light endoscopy...). Through endoscopy, the doctor will take samples for biopsy and determine the condition, find the most suitable treatment method. In case of early detection when the patient with stomach cancer is at an early stage, surgery can be carried out. In the treatment of gastric cancer, this method can almost completely cure gastric cancer patients.

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