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Common risk factors in the development of stomach cancer are [[ | Common risk factors in the development of stomach cancer are [[helicobacter pylori]] [[infection]], cigarette smoking, family history of stomach cancer, and a diet high in salted smoked or preserved foods. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
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Overview
Common risk factors in the development of stomach cancer are helicobacter pylori infection, cigarette smoking, family history of stomach cancer, and a 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