Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Stomach cancer—or gastric cancer—occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach wall mutate and grow uncontrollably. The stomach wall has five layers, and ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year's ...

Cancer diagnoses were obtained from the Swedish Cancer Register ... including cancers of the oesophagus (adenocarcinoma), gastric (cardia), colon, rectum, liver/intrahepatic bile ducts, gallbladder, ...

Turmeric fights inflammation, while magnesium aids sleep and mental health. Can you take them together? Discover the benefits ...

Background Gastric cancer is a common malignancy and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Cardia gastric cancer originates in the area where the esophagus meets the stomach, while ...

The study found that cancer risks and the influence of various risk factors differ significantly between different anatomical regions of the stomach, with the highest risks in the antrum in ...

it has been gradually found that gastric cancer in different locations (gastric antrum, gastric body, gastric fundus and cardia, etc.) is different in pathogenesis, clinicopathological characteristics ...