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Common risk factor in the development of stomach cancer are [[ | Common risk factor in the development of stomach cancer are [[Helicobacter pylori]] [[infection]], cigarette smoking, family history of stomach cancer, diet high in salted smoked or preserved foods. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
*[[Helicobacter pylori]] gastric infection | *[[Helicobacter pylori]] gastric infection | ||
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*Diet low in fruits and vegetables | *Diet low in fruits and vegetables | ||
*Diet high in salted, smoked, or preserved foods | *Diet high in salted, smoked, or preserved foods | ||
*[[ | *Chronic [[atrophic gastritis]] | ||
* | *Intestinal metaplasia | ||
*[[Pernicious anemia]] | *[[Pernicious anemia]] | ||
*[[ | *Gastric adenomatous [[polyps]] | ||
*Family history of gastric cancer | *Family history of gastric cancer | ||
*[[Cigarette smoking]] | *[[Cigarette smoking]] | ||
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[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Oncology]] | [[Category:Oncology]] | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 27 August 2015
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
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Overview
Common risk factor in the development of stomach cancer are Helicobacter pylori infection, cigarette smoking, family history of stomach cancer, diet high in salted smoked or preserved foods.
Risk Factors
- Helicobacter pylori gastric infection
- Advanced age
- Male gender
- Diet low in fruits and vegetables
- Diet high in salted, smoked, or preserved foods
- Chronic atrophic gastritis
- Intestinal metaplasia
- Pernicious anemia
- Gastric adenomatous polyps
- Family history of gastric cancer
- Cigarette smoking
- Menetrier disease (giant hypertrophic gastritis)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis[1]
References
- ↑ http://www.cancer.gov/types/stomach/hp/[stomach-treatment-pdq#section/_1