Preventive Primary care is important and integral part of the delivery of cancer screening programs and increase screening uptake. Successful implementation of stomach cancer risk assessment tools into preventive primary care is needed if risk-stratified stomach cancer prevention and the promise of personalized medicine and precision medicine are to be achieved.
Stomach cancer (gastric cancer) usually begins in the mucus-producing cells that line the stomach. This type of cancer is commonly referred as adenocarcinoma. It is important to look for early signs of cancer before a person has any symptoms. Assessing and monitoring risks is part of the risk assessment and screening.
Stomach cancer begins when an error (mutation) occurs in a cell's DNA. This mutation causes the cell to grow and divide at a rapid rate and to continue living, when a normal cell would die. The accumulating cancerous cells form a tumor can invade nearby structures and when they break off from the tumor the cancer spread throughout the body. Gastroesophageal junction cancer is associated with having gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) and, less strongly, with obesity and smoking. There is a strong correlation between a diet high in smoked and salted foods and stomach cancer. This app assesses Intestinal metaplasia as well along with Family history, lifestyle, smoking, drinking habits, fruits and high salt intake.
Stomach cancer (gastric cancer) usually begins in the mucus-producing cells that line the stomach. This type of cancer is commonly referred as adenocarcinoma. It is important to look for early signs of cancer before a person has any symptoms. Assessing and monitoring risks is part of the risk assessment and screening.
Stomach cancer begins when an error (mutation) occurs in a cell's DNA. This mutation causes the cell to grow and divide at a rapid rate and to continue living, when a normal cell would die. The accumulating cancerous cells form a tumor can invade nearby structures and when they break off from the tumor the cancer spread throughout the body. Gastroesophageal junction cancer is associated with having gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) and, less strongly, with obesity and smoking. There is a strong correlation between a diet high in smoked and salted foods and stomach cancer. This app assesses Intestinal metaplasia as well along with Family history, lifestyle, smoking, drinking habits, fruits and high salt intake.
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