Gastric cancer is one of the most commonly occurring cancers in the world, and is the second most common cancer in China with about 900,000 new cases of gastric cancer worldwide each year, while 700,000 people die of stomach cancer. The incidence of men is female 1.5 to 2.5 times.The incidence of gastric cancer increased significantly with age, the peak incidence of age 50 to 80. Early examination, early treatment is to reduce the most critical means of gastric cancer mortality.
Gastroscopy is a good early detection of gastric cancer
The incidence of gastric cancer is particularly high in Asian countries and regions, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore are high incidence areas, but our country's prevention and treatment of gastric cancer and South Korea, Japan, a comparison is very clear.Xu Ruihua said Japan's stomach cancer patients in a Patients accounted for 50%, a gastric cancer most of the gastroscopy screening found that gastroscopy found lesions can be removed at the same time the lesion, due to start early, almost 100% cure.But in our country a patient with gastric cancer Only about 5%, most patients found that it is already in the advanced stage.
Symptoms of early gastric cancer is not specific, most of the performance of the upper abdominal discomfort, fullness, stomach burning pain, easily confused with gastroenteritis, and then wait until the symptoms are serious and then check may have advanced in patients with chronic gastropathy, The body has sustained hematemesis and blood in the stool or unexplained weight loss need to attach great importance to gastric cancer screening by fecal occult blood and endoscopy.
Six people regularly need regular gastroscopy
At present, China's medical insurance does not include endoscopy screening programs, extensive gastroscopy screening is not realistic, Xu Ruihua suggested the following six high-risk groups to do a gastroscopy every 1-2 years, and he also suggested that patients with gastrointestinal diseases 4-5 Year to do a colonoscopy.
Six types of high-risk groups
1, people over the age of 45;
2, patients with old stomach, or who have been infected with Helicobacter pylori;
3, regular consumption of pickled food and smoked, barbecue food;
4, stomach polyps or stomach surgery done;
5, a family history of gastric cancer;
6, often socialized, excessive alcohol and tobacco, binge eating.
