Gastric Cancer: Symptoms, Stages, Diagnosis & Treatment
Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, develops when abnormal cells grow uncontrollably in the lining of the stomach. In its early stages, gastric cancer may cause few or no symptoms, but as it progresses, it can lead to signs such as persistent stomach pain, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite, and fatigue. Risk factors include infection with *Helicobacter pylori*, smoking, unhealthy diet, and a family history of stomach cancer. Early detection of gastric cancer greatly improves treatment outcomes. Diagnosis may involve endoscopy, imaging tests, and biopsy, while treatment options depend on the stage of the disease and may include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or targeted therapy. In this video, we discuss the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for gastric cancer to help viewers understand the condition and the importance of early medical evaluation. __________________________________________________________________________________ Apollo Hospitals is the leading multi-specialty hospitals group in India. It is also present in several countries in the Asia-pacific region. Over 8000 doctors provide best in class treatment at the groups 70+ hospitals in 27 cities. It specializes in - Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Spine, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Gastroenterology, Gynaecology, Oncology, Transplants, ICU, Emergency, Preventive Medicine, Robotics, Bariatric Surgery, Nephrology & Urology and Colorectal Surgery. Follow Apollo Hospitals on Social Media for Regular Updates: Facebook - / theapollohospitals Twitter - / hospitalsapollo Instagram - / theapollohospitals Linkedin - / apollo-hospitals gastric cancer is very common, including esophageal cancers. As the demographic changes are happening in the population, there is an increasing trend of esophageal cancer migrating towards the stomach, with more cancers being adenocarcinomas of the OG junction, rather than what used to be commonly squamous cell carcinoma of the upper esophagus. Adenocarcinoma is seen in younger population, particularly around the OG junction in obese patients, patients who are smokers and alcoholic. When you talk about upper GI surgeries, particularly esophageal and gastric cancers, most of the patients in Chennai, particularly our local population, come at a very late stage. Nearly uh two-thirds of the patients are in stage three and four of disease. When they present to us in a locally advanced stage, We find that only a quarter of them come for effective curative resections or curative treatment. Most of them would have palliative treatment. In those patients where curative resection is contemplated, it's very, very important they get a very precise surgical treatment and precise surgery is done in institution with highly qualified people who do more advanced techniques, including a laparoscopic or robotic surgery. Robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery, they have brought down the hospital stay and faster recovery after surgery. Advanced robotic surgery has really revolutionized the cancer treatment because with precise dissection, tissue dissection, we are able to minimize the tissue trauma and that clearly has an advantage in increasing the faster recovery of the patient. Medical oncology includes including even chemotherapy, radiotherapy, more recently, immunotherapy, combining all forms of treatment modality has increased the outcome of these patients. The other field of expertise I would like to mention is hepatobiliary surgery. Hepatobiliary surgery including non-transplant liver surgery, including resections for liver malignancies, and also pancreatic resections for malignancies. Pancreatic resections have been done laparoscopically. and robotic surgery has been able to, with robotic surgery, have been able to do precise anatomical tissue dissection and anastomosis. This has improved the recovery and outcomes of these patients. Thank you.
