Stomach Cancer By The Numbers: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Screening and Early Detection

August is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Stomach cancer is the 7th most common cancer in men and the 9th most common cancer in women in Singapore. Early detection of stomach cancer can increase the risk of survival significantly.

Let us join Dr. Yong Wei Peng, Senior Consultant at National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, @NCIS NUHS, as he outlines the important statistics related to stomach cancer and what we can do to reduce stomach cancer.

1. Stomach cancer is the 5th most common cancer worldwide – 0:23
2. Number of deaths attributed to stomach cancer every year – 1:26
3. Number of cases of stomach cancer diagnosed each year worldwide – 2:09
4. The 5 years survival rate of stomach cancer in patients with stage 1A stomach cancer – 2:41
5. The age where people should start screening for stomach cancer -- 3:03

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