What tests are done to check for gastric cancer

What tests are needed to check for gastric cancer? Gastric cancer has become a disease that many young people suffer from nowadays. This is mainly because young people are busy every day and have no time to eat properly. They usually eat in a hurry, which leads to the high incidence of gastric cancer. Many people will ask how to check whether they have gastric cancer?

1. Gastroscopy

This method can detect early gastric cancer, determine the type of gastric cancer and the extent of lesion infiltration by differentiating between benign and malignant ulcers, and conduct follow-up examinations of precancerous lesions. It is of certain significance to conduct regular follow-up examinations and monitoring of patients with precancerous lesions by gastroscopy.

2. CT examination

This examination method can show the extent to which gastric cancer has accumulated in the stomach wall and grown inside and outside the cavity. It can also clearly show whether gastric cancer has metastasized.

3. X-ray inspection

Early gastric cancer refers to tumors confined to the mucosa or submucosa, regardless of the size of the tumor or the presence or absence of lymph node metastasis. The line adjustment examination of gastric hypotonic double contrast radiography combined with fiber gastroscopy is of great value in detecting early gastric cancer. The line adjustment manifestation of advanced gastric cancer is closely related to the gross pathological classification. Special X-ray manifestations of gastric cancer and gastric ulcer canceration in different parts.

4. Endoscopic Ultrasound

This examination method is also a commonly used method for clinical examination of gastric cancer. The examiner can directly see the various layers of the stomach wall and understand the overall picture of the tumor, which is helpful for the diagnosis and TNM staging of gastric cancer.

If you want to know whether you have stomach cancer, the most direct way is to get checked. The above are several methods we provide for you, and you can use them as a reference. However, no matter what the test results are, we should face them correctly. If it is indeed stomach cancer, we should receive treatment as soon as possible.