Gastric cancer, as it is known medically, affects more men than women and is more common in older people. About six of every ...

Early signs of stomach cancer often resemble those of more common digestive issues, such as indigestion and heartburn.

Advanced stomach cancer means that a cancer that began in the stomach has spread to at least one other part of the body, such as the liver or lungs. It is also called metastatic stomach cancer.

SAN DIEGO — Detection of early-stage gastric cancer has become more common over the past 2 decades, while diagnosis of advanced-stage disease has been steadily declining, according to data ...

Stomach cancers are increasingly being diagnosed at less advanced, more treatable stages - a shift that marks major progress ...

Early-stage stomach cancer diagnoses increased by about 53% between 2004 and 2021, according to a study published May 3 in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and presented at the 2025 Digestive Disease Week ...

Overall, rates of new cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths have declined, according to the annual cancer statistics ...

Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, discusses how to manage the potential adverse events of pembrolizumab when using the recently ...

Advanced stomach cancer means that a cancer that began in the stomach has spread to another part of the body. Some people have advanced cancer when they are first diagnosed. Other people have cancer ...