Symptoms of the early stages often are intigestion and/or loss of appetite (for meat).

Late stage symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, bloating after meals, weght loss, fatigue, blood in the stool.

Diagnosis should be done by a gastroenterologist or an oncologist.

Stomach cancer causes about a million deaths worldwide each year and is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death behind lung cancer.

You may be more succeptible to stomach cancer if you smoke and drink too much and/or don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables.

Smoked foods, salted fish and meat, and pickled vegetables appear to increase the risk of stomach cancer.