Gastric carcinoma is commonly called as stomach cancer. It is one type of epithelial cancer. Generally gastric carcinoma is common among the elder people (Above the age of 50 years), but it can also affect the middle aged people. Gastric carcinoma can arise from any part of the stomach but the common site of origin is the cardiac end and the pyloric end of the stomach.
The most dangerous thing in gastric carcinoma is that the metastasis of this cancer can occur very rapidly. Metastasis is the process by which the cancer cells spread from one place to another. And form secondary tumor.
Common site of metastasis of the gastric carcinoma: Theoretically a gastric carcinoma can spread to any part of the human body. But it is most commonly metastasized in the liver, lung and any other intra peritoneal organ. Clinically it has been found that gastric carcinoma can spread to the ovary of the female patient. And can form a crukenberg tumor which is a secondary tumor of the ovary.
Route of metastasis: Most of the epithelial cancers use the lymphatic route for metastasis. As I mentioned earlier, gastric carcinoma is an epithelial carcinoma it also use the lymph channel for metastasis. But it can also use the hematogenous (Venous channel) route for metastasis. The cells of the gastric carcinoma have a normal ability to invade the wall of the vein easily.
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Prevention: The main cause of the gastric cancer is the mutation of the gastric cells. So if we can prevent the mutation of the gastric cells, then we can easily prevent the gastric carcinoma. But it is very difficult to prevent the mutation. Mutation is permanent change in the DNA of the cells, which leads to the loss of normal criteria of the cells. But it has been suggested by doctors and the scientists that avoiding the radiant energy such as excessive x-ray, gamma radiation can decrease the frequency of the mutation of the gastric cells.
Diet can play a vital role in the development of gastric carcinoma. From a survey done in Japan we can know that the people who take fish in each meal are more susceptible to develop gastric carcinoma than the normal people. The people of Japan love to eat fish. And the rate of gastric carcinoma is highest in Japan. This statistics do not mean that we must not take fish in our meal. It only means the taking excessive amount of fish can be a cause of gastric carcinoma.
Some foods have been proved helpful to prevent gastric carcinoma. Mainly the dietary fibers are very helpful to prevent the gastric carcinoma. The fibers act as a stomach washer. Dietary fibers are some polymer of plant origin which is not digested by the human enzyme. It also prevents the development of the colon cancer.
Taking foods, which have low cholesterol, can decrease the risk of development of gastric carcinoma. Low density lipoproteins (LDL) can increase the risk of development of gastric carcinoma.
Treatment of gastric carcinoma: Gastric carcinoma cannot be totally cured if diagnosed in the advanced stage. Most of the gastric carcinoma is diagnosed at an advanced stage when they doctors have nothing to do. Cutting and poisoning of the cells of the gastric cancer can be effective. The surgical removal of the gastric cancer cell mass followed by the chemotherapy can prolong the life of the patient.
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