Nation music star Toby Keith has died at 62 after beforehand revealing he was present process remedy for abdomen most cancers.
An announcement on Keith’s social media and web site introduced early Tuesday that he “handed peacefully final night time on February fifth, surrounded by his household. He fought his combat with grace and braveness.”
Abdomen most cancers, additionally referred to as gastric most cancers, is a most cancers that begins within the cells lining the abdomen, the organ situated on the left aspect of the higher stomach that digests meals, the Nationwide Most cancers Institute explains.
In the US, abdomen most cancers accounts for about 1.5% of all new cancers identified annually, based on the American Most cancers Society. For 2024, the group estimates the U.S. will see about 26,890 new instances of abdomen most cancers and about 10,880 deaths from the illness.
“Abdomen most cancers is totally different from different cancers that may happen within the stomach, like most cancers of the colon or rectum (giant gut), liver, pancreas, or small gut,” the group notes. “These cancers can have totally different signs, totally different outlooks and totally different therapies.”
Abdomen most cancers signs
Based on the Mayo Clinic, indicators and signs of abdomen most cancers could embody:
Bother swallowingBelly ache, indigestion and bloating after eatingHeartburnFeeling full after small quantities of meals or not feeling hungry once you’d anticipate toNausea and vomitingUnexpected weight lossFatigueBlack stools
“Abdomen most cancers does not all the time trigger signs in its early levels. After they occur, signs may embody indigestion and ache within the higher a part of the stomach,” the Mayo Clinic says. “Signs may not occur till the most cancers is superior.”
Abdomen most cancers threat elements
Whereas the precise explanation for abdomen most cancers is unknown, there are threat elements to pay attention to, together with:
Smoking and alcohol useA food plan excessive in salty, smoked and processed meals or low in fruits and vegetablesBeing chubby or overweight
Genetics and household historyInfections within the abdomen, significantly of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) micro organism
Issues with abdomen acid and different medical circumstances
Abdomen polyps
Environmental and occupational exposures
Whereas abdomen most cancers can happen in youthful individuals, threat goes up as an individual will get older, with most instances identified in individuals of their 60s or above. Additionally it is extra frequent in males than girls.
“Having a threat issue, and even a number of threat elements, doesn’t imply that you’re going to get the illness,” the American Most cancers Society notes. “Many individuals with a number of threat elements by no means get most cancers, whereas others who get most cancers could have had few or no identified threat elements.”
Abdomen most cancers remedy
Therapy choices will depend upon a person’s stage of most cancers and different private elements, however could embody surgical procedure, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy or focused drug remedy.
In June 2022, Keith introduced he’d been present process remedy for abdomen most cancers because the earlier fall. The multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter tweeted on the time that he’d had surgical procedure and chemotherapy and radiation within the prior six months.
The Nationwide Most cancers Institute says there may be at the moment no routine screening check to detect abdomen most cancers in individuals at common threat, however individuals at increased threat could profit from screening with higher endoscopy, a course of wherein a skinny tube is inserted via the mouth to verify for irregular tissue within the digestive tract.
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