Talk:Stomach cancer

message: I don't think this article deals with the epidemiolgy of gastric cancer very well. It even implies that the UK has a high incidence, in the textbook general and systemic pathology by JCE Underwood, it says the highest incidence is in Japan, China, Columbia and Finland. It says that there is a low incidence in the UK and USA. I heard that due the the high prevelance in countries like Japan they have started screening programmes which means although the incidence is worse in Japan the cancer is often caught early which means the mortality rate in Japan is better than in countries such as the UK and the USA. I think this information is important and should be included in this article. Darrkwings 10:39, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epidemiology 

message: Why remove the link to HDGC information? It's stomach cancer, a genetic form, and people need to know about it.
:Inserting a link is not the same as providing information. If you truly want to provide information, just write a few lines in the article. The external link can then be used as a reference, although I would personally prefer an actual journal reference to a recent peer-reviewed article. Please review Wikipedia:External links. JFW | T@lk 14:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  why remove external link to important gastric cancer info? 

message: Would it be possible to clarify the following sentence? It does not seem to make much sense to me, although I'm not sure whether it is because I am not used to medical-speak, or simply because it indeed has a grammatical problem:
"Stomach cancer represents roughly 2% (21,500) cases of all new in about 80% or more of gastric cancers."
Thanks!
Even if the sentence read "Stomach cancer represents roughly 2% (21,500) of all new cases in about 80% or more of gastric cancers" it would still not make any sense, because stomach cancer and gastric cancer are the same thing.  There has to be some way of marking this sentence as being awkward. --NJ 16:16, 31 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unintelligible sentence 

message: I removed the statement "It is more common in people who take in pain killers in excess and frequently", for two reasons.  First, I don't know which the author intended to implicate:  narcotics (as in opiates), or non-narcotics (ASA? APAP? NSAIDs?).  Second, if indeed referring to NSAIDs, it may be confusing frequent use with causing ulcers (which is indeed possible).  But among various sources I consulted, none gave "painkillers" nor "ulcers" as a risk factor for stomach cancer.  Ordinarily I might place a {cn} here, but I'd rather hold medical info to a higher standard.  If this is reverted, it should be clarified.  — VoxLuna  T / C  07:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pain Killers 

message: SUBJECT OF POST: Request for editors and contributors
REASON FOR REQUEST: My wife and beloved partner in life for 26 years was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer with possible involvement of the liver.  Current statistics (1995-2000) indicate a 5 year survival rate of about 5% of patients with this condition, with most oncologists believing that survival up to 2 years with aggressive treatment is as good as it gets. 
While the current information in Wikipedia is helpful, I would like to suggest the following additions for this entry and all other entries regarding medical conditions.  They include, but are not limited to, a portal or a section that would provide:
(1) Translation of medical and scientific information into terms a layman can understand, including a layman's dictionary of medical terminology.
(2) Links to online and print journals dealing with the particular subject at hand.
(3) Links to and lists of Usenet Groups and online or offline regional support groups for the particular subject at hand.
(4) Links to and lists of treatment centers for the particular subject at hand, along with their location and rates of success.
(5) Links to recent and archived online articles regarding the particlar subject at hand.
(6) Information regarding experimental and non-approved treatments for the condition.
(7) Information regarding suggested dietary, nutrition,and dietary supplements for the condition.
(8) Any other information that would be helpful to patients and their families.
These (and other) additions to the article would be helpful to the public for whom supplemental information such as this is vital.
Unclepetey 17:22, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for editors and contributors 

message: JFW | T@lk 06:45, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Female hormones protective 

message: Under "Staging", the article says "Stage 1B may be treated with chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil) and radiation therapy." Does this mean "instead of surgery" or "as well a surgery"? Reading on survival rates further down, this would seem to be significant information.
212.159.59.41 (talk) 12:26, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Staging 

message: Agree --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:10, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge in [[Stomach cancer in cats and dogs]]

message: History section with reference to first occurrence etc is missing in the article. Aravind V R (talk) 18:55, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: No history?

message: Currently it doesn't even mention animals. It needs to either be expanded to give more information on how stomach cancer presents and is treated in animals, or deleted. --Cptbigglesworth266 (talk) 10:30, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged section on animals is useless 

message: doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2015.09.004 JFW | T@lk 08:53, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  How helicobacter causes gastric cancer 

message: "Approximately 10% of cases show a genetic component.[37]" IANAD but I don't think this is quite right.
The linked reference states, "approximately 10% of gastric cancers show familial clustering", and later, "the ratio of hereditary gastric cancer, according to the criteria of the IGCLC, is 0.3%–3.1% of all gastric cancers". The linked reference from there concludes, "According to the Minimal Criteria of ICG-HGC, the incidence of true and suspected HGC was 3.1% (6 probands) and 11.3% (22 probands), respectively, out of 195 gastric cancer patients."
Not sure how to clean this up adequately, but at present this (and the similar statement in the introduction) seems to be misinformation.
64.229.4.53 (talk) 00:56, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Have updated it with a better reference. Thanks Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:25, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetic/hereditary component 

message: doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30354-3 JFW | T@lk 08:30, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lancet seminar 

message: doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30354-3 JFW | T@lk 12:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Now in print... JFW | T@lk 12:23, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lancet review 

message: What is gastric cancer Syed umath (talk) 07:56, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oncology 

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thread_title:  "Heineck Schniver" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]