Gastrectomy is a surgical procedure where a part of or the complete stomach is surgically removed. It may be done as an open surgical procedure or through laparoscopy. While living without a stomach ...

SOME of you may have noticed that there is a war in progress, as a result of which we are restricted in gasoline. Therefore, in order to go to Boston last winter, I embarked on the Worcester bus. A ...

SO MUCH has been said and written on the subject of peptic ulcer that one could not unreasonably ask why we are presenting a discussion of the subject to this audience. Our reasons for doing so are ...

In July 2007, just two months after my 50th birthday, I was diagnosed with stage 2 stomach cancer--a very aggressive, fast-growing, signet ring cell type. Shocked and frightened, I quickly made ...

Surgery is an effective treatment and possible cure for stomach cancer. However, it may require permanent changes to your eating habits. Stomach cancer (or gastric cancer) is a fairly common cancer.

Over 95% of gastric cancers originate from the cells of the stomach lining (adenocarcinoma). This guidance applies only to adenocarcinoma. Symptoms may include heartburn, dysphagia and weight loss.

The overall 5-year survival of patients with gastric cancer is only 23% in the US compared with 60% in Japan. For Western patients, detecting the disease earlier and applying treatment quality control ...

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