How should we diagnose gastric cancer?

How should we diagnose gastric cancer? I believe many people have this question. If we want to detect the disease as early as possible, we should learn how to diagnose it. Let us follow the experts to learn about the diagnosis methods of gastric cancer .

1. Symptoms. Early symptoms include upper abdominal discomfort, which occurs in about 80% of patients. Nearly 50% of gastric cancer patients have obvious loss of appetite or loss of appetite. In the late stage, fatigue, back pain, and nausea, vomiting, and difficulty eating may occur after obstruction. Ulcers on the surface of the tumor may cause vomiting of blood and black stools.

2. Physical signs. There are no special signs in the early stage, but in the late stage, there may be a mass in the upper abdomen, a mass that can be felt during rectal examination, enlarged lymph nodes above the left clavicle, and cachexia symptoms such as anemia, weight loss, and ascites. This is one of the diagnostic methods for gastric cancer.

3. Laboratory examination is also a diagnostic method for gastric cancer. Early suspected gastric cancer, low or absent free gastric acid, such as decreased hematocrit, hemoglobin, and red blood cells, occult blood in stool (+), low total hemoglobin, inverted white/globulin, etc. Abnormal test results such as water and electrolyte disorders and acid-base imbalance.

3. X-ray manifestations: Double contrast gas-barium radiography can clearly show the gastric contour, peristalsis, mucosal morphology, emptying time, filling defects, niches, etc. The accuracy of the examination is nearly 80%.

4. Fiber endoscopy is the most direct, accurate and effective method for diagnosing gastric cancer.

The above is an introduction to the diagnosis methods of gastric cancer. I hope the above content can be helpful to you. If you have any questions about gastric cancer, you can contact our online experts and they will give you detailed answers.

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