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Stomach cancer


 

In medicine, stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs. The cancer may grow along the stomach wall into the esophagus or small intestine.

Epidemiology

Stomach cancer is more prevalent in China, Japan, Korea, and other countries in Asia and South America, than in the United States.

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