For more than two years, Camilla Row kept telling her doctors about heartburn-like pain that wouldn’t go away. She tried every lifestyle change they recommended — cutting out coffee, avoiding spicy and salty food, sleeping on an incline pillow — but nothing worked. The gastroenterologists she consulted just told her to keep taking medication that reduced stomach acid. She was a young mom in her 30s and otherwise healthy, so none of the specialists took a deeper look, she says.
What causes stomach cancer? A bacterial infection, the food a person eats and genetic mutations can lead to the disease. Ethnicity is also a risk factor: In the U.S., stomach cancer is more common in Asian, Hispanic, Black and Native Americans, the American Cancer Society notes. A major cause is infection with H. pylori bacteria. It’s the same bug that causes stomach ulcers and may spread through contaminated food and water, or through contact with an infected person’s body fluids.
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