Which is more serious, cardia cancer or gastric cancer

Cardiac cancer is a tumor that occurs at the cardia, where the esophagus and stomach meet. Gastric cancer is a tumor that occurs in the stomach. They are both digestive system tumors that we see in daily life. However, they are obviously different in terms of the location of onset, nature, symptoms, etc. The following will introduce to you which one is more serious, cardia cancer or gastric cancer.

First, the location of the disease is different. Cardiac cancer occurs at the junction of the esophagus and the stomach, or at the upper opening of the stomach. Gastric cancer mainly occurs inside the stomach. The two have fundamentally different locations.

Second, the fundamental nature is different. Cardiac cancer is generally dominated by squamous cell carcinoma, while gastric cancer is mainly adenocarcinoma.

Third, after the onset of cardia cancer, the tumor will block the esophagus, causing difficulty in swallowing and eating. However, this problem is not likely to occur in gastric cancer, unless the gastric tumor is swollen and grows in the upper or lower opening of the stomach, which will cause difficulty in eating.

Fourth, some symptoms are different. There are no obvious symptoms of cardia cancer in the early stage of the disease, but occasionally there is upper abdominal pain and discomfort, slight fullness, etc., but these are not symptoms of gastric cancer, but only some manifestations of chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer. After the occurrence of cardia cancer, the stool will become black, which is mainly caused by gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastric cancer will not have this phenomenon.