Prospective studies are needed to determine if preoperative body composition predicts survival,” study researchers noted.

Patients with small or slow-growing tumors or those with comorbidities that make them higher risk are likely better candidates for active surveillance, explained Yuzhi Wang, MD, of Henry Ford Health ...

Recent research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrated that mature cells in the stomach sometimes revert back to behaving like rapidly dividing stem cells. Now, the ...

Diagnosis of stomach cancer (also known as gastric cancer) is now occurring more often at earlier stages, likely related to advances in tests and imaging. Importantly, stomach cancer is also being ...