Can annual gastroscopy prevent gastric cancer?

Can annual gastroscopy prevent stomach cancer?

Gastroscopy usually cannot prevent stomach cancer, but it can detect early stomach cancer.

Gastric cancer refers to stomach cancer, which mainly comes from gastric epithelial cells and is also the most common malignant tumor of the digestive tract. Gastric cancer may be caused by genetic factors or Helicobacter pylori infection. Smoking and drinking are not ruled out as causes. Gastric cancer patients may experience upper abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. If the patient has early-stage gastric cancer, the cure rate is relatively high after active treatment, but if the patient has advanced gastric cancer, the prognosis is usually poor.

Gastroscopy is a method of examining the stomach. It can check whether there are any lesions in the stomach. Because gastroscopy is only a method of examination, it cannot prevent gastric cancer, but it can detect early gastric cancer. The cure rate of early gastric cancer will be higher, which can reduce the patient's mortality rate.

You should develop good work and rest habits and eating habits in your daily life, and avoid overeating, so as not to cause greater irritation to the stomach and cause stomach cancer.