Clinical features

Symptoms of stomach cancer are often non-specific and include:

• Indigestion, acid indigestion
• Belching
• Difficulty swallowing - ‘dysphagia’
• Nausea or vomiting – may be bloody – ‘haematemesis’
• Feeling full after smaller amounts of food than normal, the medical term for this is ‘early satiety’
• Abdominal pain
• Bleeding from tumours in the lining of the stomach
• Low blood count – ‘anaemia’ from gastrointestinal bleeding
• Loss of appetite - ‘anorexia’
• Weight loss

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Amended November 2008