What are the methods for gastric cancer screening

What are the screening methods for gastric cancer?

1. Generally speaking, if the patient has clinical symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, anemia, blood in the stool, etc., the possibility of gastric cancer should be considered. At this time, it is recommended that the patient go to a regular hospital for a gastroscopy or upper gastrointestinal tract barium meal examination to determine whether the patient has gastric cancer.

2. Early screening for gastric cancer requires a combination of clinical manifestations and auxiliary examinations. Clinical manifestations may include pain, especially when fried and greasy foods are exacerbated as a typical symptom. Early screening for gastric cancer mainly includes gastroscopy, serum gastrin examination, gastric mucosal biopsy, etc.

What are the symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis?

Symptoms of gastric cancer metastasis include: if the abdominal cavity is widely metastatic, the patient may experience abdominal pain, abdominal mass, gastrointestinal obstruction, vomiting, difficulty in defecation, abdominal distension and other symptoms; if it is bone metastasis, the corresponding part will have persistent pain; early liver metastasis or lung metastasis generally has no obvious symptoms, but the metastatic site can be found. Because the metastatic sites of gastric cancer are different.