Question 1

how do you prevent stomach cancer?

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Here's how to: Minimize your risk of getting stomach cancer: get tested for h. Pylori, and get treated if positive. Stop smoking. Avoid smoked foods, salted fish and meat, pickled vegetables, nitrates and nitrites (found in cured meats). Nitrates and nitrites can be converted by certain bacteria, such as h. Pylori, into compounds that can cause stomach cancer in animals. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Question 2

i have mild gastritis. is this something i should treat to prevent stomach cancer?

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SEVERAL DIFFERENT: Issues are to be taken into account, including your age, smoking status, alcohol intake, in order to better answer your excellent question. Please revise this with your doctor.

Question 3

what vegetables can i juice to prevent stomach cancer? (besides carrot juice)

Accepted Answer

Low acidic: Bananas, kiwi, apples, .

Question 4

terminal cancer runs in my family and my father just recently got diagnosed with stomach cancer. what can i do to prevent it? i am 19 years old.

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Talk to doc: At your age, the risk for cancer is low, even if there is a "bad gene" in the family.  There are exceptions to this, though, so I would advise you talk to your doc and be referred to a genetics specialist who will interview you and get a full family history to determine what test (if any) needs to be done and tell you what you can do to reduce your cancer risk.  Hope you do great.

Question 5

mr father died from stomach cancer @65. what can i do to prevent and am i genetically predisposed to contract this disease? i am 50 years old.

Accepted Answer

Get checked: One member of the family is not enough to call genetically related , best the you can do have healthy diet , see your doctor regularly , have a gastroscopic emanation , if you have h pylori infection get it treated , .

Question 6

how common is stomach cancer in the u.s., and does it mostly affect certain types of people, such as meat-eaters?

Accepted Answer

Not very common: Stomach or gastric cancers have decreased in the US since the 1940's. There are some stomach cancers however associated with H. pylori stomach infections. Smoked foods, excess alcohol intake, and cigarette smoking may be associated with stomach cancer. It is more common in other countries than the US.

Question 7

who in the u.s. is more at risk for stomach cancer?

Accepted Answer

Lower SE status.: Apparently, there is higher risk in lower soceoeconomic (se)  status groups, and in those who eat smoked foods, and heavily salted foods.  Many people have ulcers, and helicobacter pylori infection.  Treatment of this infection can produce remission in 1/2 of patients who get malt (mucosa associated lymphoid tissue), and has dramatically reduced the incidence of this disease.

Question 8

who develops stomach cancer?

Accepted Answer

Multiple risk factor: Age > 50, male sex, tobacco use, eating too much salt, helicobacter pylori chronic infection, blood type a, family history.

Question 9

is stomach cancer hereditary?

Accepted Answer

Not really: While certain ethnic groups have a higher incidence, it is thought to be due more to environmental influences than hereditary factors.

Question 10

odds of stomach cancer in 20s?

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Very low: Mean age for stomach cancer is 55 years.

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