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General Cancer Resources |
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Coping with Cancer
Managing side effects and complications caused by cancer and its treatment.
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Support and Resources
Information about cancer support organizations, finances, insurance, home care, and hospice care.
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Educational Materials About Clinical Trials
Types of trials, how they work, risks and benefits of taking part.
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies used in addition to, or instead of, conventional cancer treatments.
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Definition of stomach cancer: Cancer that forms in tissues lining the stomach. Also called gastric cancer.
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New cases: 21,500
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Deaths: 10,880
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See the online booklet What You Need To Know About Stomach Cancer to learn about stomach cancer symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and questions to ask the doctor.
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Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and vaccine therapy
Gastric Cancer Treatment [patient] [health professional]
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Chemo Before and After Surgery for Gastric Cancer
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Postoperative Therapy Ups Stomach Cancer Survival
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors Therapy
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Targeted Cancer Therapies: Q & A
Information related to prevention, genetics, and risk factors
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Prevention [patient] [health professional]
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Vitamins, Anti-Bacterials And Stomach Cancer
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H. pylori and Cancer: Fact Sheet
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Information about methods of cancer detection including new imaging technologies, tumor markers, and biopsy procedures
Stomach (Gastric) Cancer Screening [patient] [health professional]
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Interpreting Laboratory Test Results
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Tumor Markers: Q&A
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Information and current news about clinical trials and trial-related data
Stomach Cancer Trial Results
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How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial
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Search for Clinical Trials
Resources available from the PubMed database
Cancer Topic Searches: Gastrointestinal Cancers
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Cancer Topic Searches: Cancer Genetics
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Cancer Literature in PubMed
Includes NCI-supported research, funding opportunities, and special reports
NCI Funded Research Portfolio
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Gastrointestinal (GI) SPOREs
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State of the Science: GI Cancer Meetings
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Stomach/Esophageal Cancers PRG Report
Information related to cancer incidence, mortality, and survival
Snapshot of Stomach (Gastric) Cancer
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Finding Cancer Statistics
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Understanding Cancer Statistics
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