Stomach cancer
Around 8,000 people are diagnosed with stomach cancer each year in the UK. This cancer is becoming less common in the UK and rates have halved since the 1970s.
Older people are more likely to develop stomach cancer, and most cases occur in people over 50. Infection with a common stomach bacteria called Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of stomach cancer. A poor diet that is low in fruit and vegetables and eating a lot of salt increases the risk of stomach cancer . And smoking also doubles the risk of getting the disease.
Cancer Research UK funds research into many aspects of stomach cancer, including work investigating whether screening for Helicobacter pylori infection and treating it could help prevent the disease.
Browse content about Stomach cancer
Browse news and press releases about Stomach cancer
- Aspirin cuts stomach cancer risk
- One in ten trusts has shortage of specialist oesophageal and stomach cancer surgeons
- Removal of bacteria reduces risk of stomach cancer redeveloping
- Scientists point way to screening for inherited stomach cancer
- Stomach cancer cases almost halve over the last 30 years
- Stomach cancer rates to fall
- Chance of surviving gut cancers up 40 per cent in two decades
- Possible new treatment for stomach cancer
- Salt increases risk of stomach cancer
- Scientists take the first step to targeted treatment for stomach cancer
- Stomach cancer genes identified
- Study confirms link between inflammation and bowel and stomach cancer
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