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 ...

and stomach cardia, as well as myeloma. Early onset of cancers not linked to obesity, such as testicular cancer and small intestinal cancer, has also been shown to be on the rise, Sung noted.

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death among local residents, after cardia-cerebrovascular disease. Lung, colorectal and thyroid cancers are the most prevalent, the Shanghai Health Commission ...

The three-day event features hands-on training, scientific symposia, and lectures on emerging endoscopic therapies ...

Obesity-related cancers were defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and included cancers of the esophagus (adenocarcinoma), gastric (cardia), colorectal, liver/intrahepatic ...

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

They then compared those statistics to cancer diagnoses pulled from the ... include cancers of the esophagus (adenocarcinoma), gastric (cardia), colon, rectum, liver/intrahepatic bile ducts ...

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