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1. Chronic Stomach Inflammation Boosts Cancer Risk - US News and World Report
TUESDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- A person's risk of cancer increases if he or she suffers from DNA-damaging chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach, such as ulcerative colitis, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Te...
2. Gastric cancer : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Several different types of cancer can occur in the stomach. The most common type is called adenocarcinoma, which starts from one of the common cell types found in the lining of the stomach. There are several types of adenocarcinoma. Because other ...• Reviewer: Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
3. Gastric Cancer  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Gastric cancer (also known as stomach cancer) is a disease in which the cells forming the inner lining of the stomach become abnormal and start to divide uncontrollably, forming a mass or a tumor.• Author: Kristin Baker Niendorf MS, CGC

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4. Stomach Cancer - Risk Factors -- EMedicineHealth Consumer Information
In 1930, stomach cancer was the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among American men. The most common form of cancer that affects the stomach is adenocarcinoma, which arises in the glands of the innermost layer of the stomach.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/9773-2.asp
5. Stomach Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors -- Information from the Merck Manual
Some experts suggest that peptic ulcers in the stomach can lead to adenocarcinoma, but most people with ulcers and adenocarcinoma probably had an undetected cancer before the ulcers developed. In the United States, adenocarcinoma of the stomach...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch131/ch131e.html#sec09-ch131-ch131e-861
6. Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Home Page - National Cancer Institute
Information about stomach (gastric) cancer treatment, prevention, causes, screening, clinical trials, research and statistics from the National Cancer Institute. Definition of stomach cancer. Cancer that forms in tissues lining the stomach.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/cancer_type/stomach
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