STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA

INTRODUCTION SYMPTOMS

Biomarkers for detecting stomach adenocarcinoma

>Starts in the cells that produce
mucus >Trouble during
>>Broadly defines all types of swallowing
cancers starting in the stomach >Belly Pain With respect to screening stomach adenocarcinoma, the
>>>Has different types of drug most commonly biomarkers include serum CA72-4, alpha-
therapies depending on the type fetoprotein, and CA125, all of which come in the class of
-The intestinal type is likely to have >Feeling full protein biomarkers. While endoscopy and image-based
certain gene changes that allow for >Heartburn. diagnostic techniques continue to be the cornerstone of
after eating
>Indigestion.
treatment with targeted gene >Nausea
small amounts diagnosis of these diseases, novel molecular biology
therapy of food. techniques have generated biomarkers based on proteins,
-The diffuse type tends to grow more DNA, RNA, cells, and ct-DNA (liquid biopsy).
quickly and is harder to treat

TREATMENT

Can be cured by:

>Radiation therapy using high energy X-rays to
destroy cancer cells.

>>With medications which include

chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and
Immunotherapy Surgery by removing small
cancers from stomach lining or part of the
stomach (usually done in stage 4)