Smoking and picked vegetables – both increase the risk of stomach cancerπ₯π¬
Like many cancers, it is treatable if caught early. Unfortunately it usually has no symptoms until the cancer cannot be curedπ
In the UK the number of people who have survived for 5 years or more after being diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer (stage 4) is zeroπ’
Japan and South Korea both have national screening programmes for cancer to try and catch it early and have very high survival rates as a result.
Treatment is usually by surgery, chemo or radiotherapy.
If the cancer cannot be cured, a team of palliative care doctors and nurses will recommend treatment to try and extend your life and help you feel more comfortable.
Napoleon Bonaparte is thought to have died of a particularly nasty type called leather bottle stomach where the entire stomach is invaded by cancer. We felt the endoscopy images of this type were too dreadful to showβ
