How many people die from stomach cancer?

Currently, there are more than 1 million new cases of gastric cancer in the world each year, of which Chinese patients account for a minority. Among the more than 800,000 patients who die from gastric cancer each year, China accounts for one-third. The above two data cruelly tell us that China has become one of the countries with the highest incidence and mortality rates of gastric cancer, with both incidence and mortality rates more than twice the world average.

"In the past, when we saw patients, to be honest, gastric cancer usually only occurred in people over 40 years old. But now we are not surprised to see young people in their twenties and thirties suffering from gastric cancer," said Dr. Zhao Jiangning, a gastrointestinal (oncology) surgeon, in a health lecture. There are many causes of gastric cancer, such as unreasonable diet structure, bad living habits, serious environmental pollution, family genetic susceptibility, Helicobacter pylori infection, etc. Dr. Zhao Jiangning said that gastric cancer is less common in families. But in gastric cancer occurring in adolescents, genetic factors may play a greater role. This bacteria is a type of carcinogen. When it parasitizes in the stomach, it will greatly increase the risk of gastric cancer. Cancer risk. The World Health Organization reports that nearly half of newly discovered gastric cancers each year are related to Helicobacter pylori infection. Eating smoked, high-salt, spicy, and pickled foods, being addicted to hot pot and spicy hot pot, as well as drinking and smoking, may all damage the normal function of the gastrointestinal tract, seriously damage the gastric mucosa, and lead to diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers, and may also increase the risk of cancer. In addition, bad eating habits are also a predisposing factor for gastric cancer. For example, eating too fast, eating too much, eating irregularly, skipping breakfast, and overeating, all of which provide a "good" soil for gastritis, gastric ulcers, and other gastric diseases, and even gastric cancer.

Nausea, occasional vomiting, loss of appetite, indigestion, positive occult blood in stool or black stool, unexplained fatigue, weight loss or progressive anemia.