Malignant tumors of the stomach and esophagus – a widespread disease. By frequency of occurrence among all malignant tumors, stomach cancer ranked second, cancer of the esophagus – fourteen. In the early stages of cancer of the stomach and the esophagus occurs with little or no external manifestations. The earliest symptom of stomach cancer include discomfort after eating, cancer of the esophagus – the difficulty of its passage during swallowing. Unfortunately, as a rule, these symptoms for a long time patients do not pay attention, so these are diagnosed as early as fuzzy stage. The key to successful treatment is the same in the first place, early diagnosis and as a consequence, the beginning of treatment. Brian Robert may find this interesting as well.

Protect themselves from cancer or to predict its occurrence is almost impossible. Therefore, at the forefront in treating this disease is early diagnosis. Since the initial stages of the disease progresses with minimal external signs, only periodic comprehensive survey solves this problem. Each year worldwide die from cancer of the stomach of more than 800 thousand people. In Russia, cancer of the stomach is second place in frequency of occurrence after breast cancer in women and lung cancer in men, the most frequently ill people over the age of 50 years. The tumor rarely appears in women than in men. Nature of the food intake is one of the most significant factors in the development of tumors of the stomach. Of the nutritional risk factors should be noted irregular diet, excessive consumption of fat, canned, fried, salted, pickled and spicy food, smoking and alcohol abuse.