stomach lining cancer

I done last thursday and got the results back stating I have thickening of my stomach lining. I started with mild gastritis symptoms a couple years ago that two weeks ago became full blown which is why the doctor ordered the barium. I have been taking losec with some moderate improvement of symptoms and do not feel near deaths door like last week. I just am very worried about this thickening and worry it could be stomach cancer. Anyone else experience this with GERD or gastritis??

Hey guys, I didn't want to post this in the stomach cancer forum because I doubt it's cancer and I was afraid nobody would see it. So basically from around Christmas time I developed pretty bad diarrhea. Grim, I know. But this went on until around the second week of January. I put it down to drinking, eating crap and not being to the gym over Christmas, new year and my birthday. Anyway, it subsided for about a week and came back.

I also probably should have mentioned that we have a family history of stomach cancer and stomach ulcers, which is also what got me to thinking this. My diet, when I do manage to get it down, is good - no worries there. I do not smoke, and drink alcohol occasionally. My specialist told me about an endoscopy but he said he didn't think I needed one, so instead, told me to wait. Do you really think it's worthwhile going back?

s esophagus is a condition in which tissue that is similar to the lining of your intestine replaces the tissue lining your esophagus (food tube connecting mouth to stomach). People with Barrett's esophagus have an increased risk of developing esophageal cancer (specifically adenocarcinoma).

t remember the name of that test) It came back that the esophogus was burned and so is the stomach lining. No ulcers and no cancer. I wasn't given a diagnosis so I don't know what I have other than that. I was put on protonix and had severe side effects from it including loosing 20 lbs in 3 weeks from the vomiting caused by the medication. My Dr. took me off of it and put me on zantac. This has worked very well for 3months, 150mg 2x's a day.

Alcohol can irritate and erode your stomach lining, which makes your stomach more vulnerable to digestive juices. Excessive alcohol use is more likely to cause acute gastritis. Stress. Severe stress due to major surgery, injury, burns or severe infections can cause acute gastritis. Your own body attacking cells in your stomach. Called autoimmune gastritis, this type of gastritis occurs when your body attacks the cells that make up your stomach lining.

Hey just wondering what it is and what causes it and how will it go away and is it linked to stomach cancer?? My best friend just had an endoscopy and was told that it was helicobactor which i believe is some sort of inflamation of the stomach lining. Please can someone just please explain????? I need to understand i care very much for my friend.

So I had experience swallowing problems for a few months and my doctor asked me to do a barium swallow and chest xray..chest xray was clear and stomach was clear too but for my esophagus the results said GERD and mucosal thickening..

I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy because my doctors were concerned that I might have stomach cancer. Afterwards I learned that there weren't any signs of cancer, but they did find some bruising on the lining of my stomach. What does that mean?

My doctor told me that I have a thik womb lining and that I should take a sample from the womb to see if I have cancer or not, please note that I have a cancer history in my familly, we are 9 girls, six of them got cancer (ovary, breast and womb cancer). Thank you very much for your attention.

Smoking, alcohol use, gastritis, acidity, tumors of stomach and food pipe, bleeding gastric ulcer, cancer of stomach, erosion of lining of food pipe, bleeding veins at esophageal (food pipe) sphincters etc all cause vomiting of blood. This can be fresh red if coming from a place above the stomach. It can be brown or coffee colored if coming from the stomach.

This can be differentiated by a pathologist from a lung cancer that grew outwards towards the lining of the lung. The pattern of growth is also somewhat different. If we are strictly talking about lung cancer, the differentiation is based on whether the cancer has small cell features. The origin is not really important in determining treatment options, and hence, there is no routine testing done to perform this function of differentiation. Stay positive.

said to wait it out and to come back in 3 months right at the end of my period and if the lining was still thick she would repeat the biopsy...Due to the fact that I had Thyroid Cancer 3 years ago my fears of having cancer again are unbelievable at times...So my question to you is How scared and worried do you think I should be that I have Endometrial Cancer with a benign biopsy 6 months ago? Is a 15mm thickness too thick for this time of my cycle?

What exactly is the problem with a thickened uterine lining? Does a thickened lining mean anything bad? Could that have been the cause for my always heavy, clotty cycles?

I have been having pains on both sides of my stomach and it feels bloated. I had an ablation done about 5 years ago after my last son was born. I just turned 43, so I have no clue if I am post-menopausal. Went for an ultrasound and an intra-vaginal ultrasound and they found an Ovarian Complex Cyst measuring 2.2 cm on my right ovary and it said it is thought to be 'minimally complex' possibly due to being a hemmoragic cyst.

I am 52 years old postmenopausal 1 yr and 2 months. I have an endometrial lining of 14.95 and 2 fibroids that are each 2cm. each. How concerned should I be that this is cancer? Anyone else have anything similar to this?

The type of uterine cancer that we see most often is endometrial cancer, and given her age and the fact that she had a baby not long ago, the chance of that type of cancer is almost zero. Even hyperplasia which is what we usually find when the "lining is thickened" is pretty unlikely--hyperplasia is pre-cancerous and caused by hormone imbalance. It is possible that there is still some residual tissue left over from delivery, although this seems unlikely this much later.

She was diagnosed for stage 4 ovarian cancer. They removed both her ovaries and as I understand, they found cancer cells in the lining of her omentum. They tried to remove the omentum but it was hardly attached to her intestines so they just decided to remove a part of it. My They also removed 4000 cc of ascitis fluid from her stomach. My question is, if they remove the intestines and reconstruct it, is it possible to do that?

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or intraductal carcinoma, is breast cancer in the lining of the milk ducts that has not yet invaded nearby tissues. It may progress to invasive cancer if untreated. Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is a marker for an increased risk of invasive cancer in the same or both breasts.

Since this bacterium has flagella and moves through the stomach lumen and do colonization in stomach that result into chronic gastritis, an inflammation of the stomach lining. Investigations include blood antibody test, stool antigen test, or with the urea breath test. However, most consistent method for detecting H. pylori infection is a biopsy check during endoscopy, rapid urease test, histological examination, and microbial culture. Hope this information proves helpful to you.

The irritating effects of alcohol may cause gastritis (inflammation of the lining of the stomach), pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), or a peptic ulcer (a raw area in the lining of the stomach or intestines). Alcohol can also damage your small intestine and keep it from absorbing nutrients. Alcohol can keep you from getting deep sleep, which may mean a less restful night's sleep. Also, drinking alcohol can make insomnia worse.

Some that come to mind are gastritis, gastroparesis, and dyspepsia, but there I name but a very, very few. I would bet at there being some kind of stomach lining inflammation (gastritis), which may be caused by things like H. Pylori or by delayed gastric emptying (whether it be due to gastroparesis or dyspepsia.) The short of it: go see a doc, because untreated it can get much, much worse.

Hi, A malignant mesothelioma that arises from the pleura (lining of the lung) is a kind of lung cancer. It may also occur in the peritoneum (lining of the abdomen) and other rarer sites. All the best!

H pylori is a kind of bacteria. It's known for causing stomach ulcers and may make a person more likely to get have stomach cancer (I've read mixed things on it). The stomach ulcers are extremely painful and cause indigestion, which could lead to heart burn. I'm unsure about any other kinds chest pains H pylori can give you, but heart burn can be mistaken for chest pains. Maybe someone was meaning heart burn or confused the two.

Make sure you have something to eat before you take it though(even just a biscuit or piece of fruit)because taken on an empty stomach it can damage your stomach lining.

Hi Dr. Goodman and all the forum readers, My mom had a recurrence of ovarian cancer in Jan 2007. There were 3 small tumours in the stomach cavity, "outside" the stomach lining. She did chemo again, but it didn't help much, the tumours got a little smaller but were still there. She was offered to take part of a clinical trial and had her first treatment last Tuesday.

Or if there has been permanent damage done? Since there is a higher risk for stomach or gastric cancer should I be screened annually for it? Just a few of my many questions. Any feedback is much appreciated!

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