医学英语疾病介绍——GastricCarcinoma(胃癌).pptVIP

Gastric Cancer refers to cancer arising from any part of the stomach. Stomach cancer causes about 800,000 deaths worldwide per year. Gastric Carcinoma is the most common cause of death in malignant tumors of alimentary system in China. Location: mainly along the gastric lesser curvature side(80.3%), predominantly in the antrum (56.4%) A higher incidence in males than females with a ratio of 2:1~3:1. It usually appears in fourth and sixth decade of life. This form of gastric cancer is very common in Japan, Chile, and Iceland. Several different types of cancer can occur in the stomach. The m