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Stomach cancer

Última revisión: 1 Dec 2025
Última actualización: 02 Dec 2025

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • abdominal pain
  • weight loss
  • lymphadenopathy
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • age 50-70 years
  • male sex (later-onset gastric cancer)
  • female sex (early-onset gastric cancer)
  • smoking
  • family history
  • nausea
  • dysphagia
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Factores de riesgo

  • Helicobacter pylori
  • pernicious anemia
  • immigration from high-incidence regions
  • foods containing N-nitroso compounds
  • male sex (later-onset gastric cancer)
  • female sex (early-onset gastric cancer)
  • diet low in fruits and vegetables
  • high-salt diet
  • smoking
  • family history
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • esophagogastroduodenoscopy with biopsy
  • CT of chest/abdomen/pelvis
  • CBC
  • comprehensive metabolic panel
  • Helicobacter pylori carbon-13 urea breath test or stool antigen test
  • molecular and pathological tests
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • endoscopic ultrasound
  • endoscopic resection
  • laparoscopy
  • PET/CT scan
  • liquid biopsy
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

localized: suitable for surgery

localized: not suitable for surgery

advanced and metastatic disease: HER2 overexpression positive

advanced and metastatic disease: HER2 overexpression negative

advanced and metastatic disease: MSI-H/dMMR tumors (independent of PD-L1 status)

advanced and metastatic disease: NTRK gene fusion-positive tumors

Colaboradores

Autores

Ahmed Abdelhakeem, MD

Fellow Physician

Department of Hematology and Oncology

Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jacksonville

FL

Divulgaciones

AA declares that he has no competing interests.

Mariela Blum Murphy, MD

Associate Professor

Department of GI Medical Oncology

University of Texas

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston

TX

Divulgaciones

MBM declares that she has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Ahmed Abdelhakeem and Dr Mariela Blum Murphy would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Valerie Reed and Dr Prajnan Das, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

VR and PD declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Theodore Hong, MD

Director

Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston

MA

Divulgaciones

TH declares that he has no competing interests.

Andreas Leodolter, MD

Head of Department

Department of Gastroenterology

Sana Klinikum

Remscheid

Germany

Divulgaciones

AL declares that he has no competing interests.

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Artículos principales

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: gastric cancer [internet publication].Texto completo

Lordick F, Carneiro F, Cascinu S, et al. Gastric cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2022 Oct;33(10):1005-20.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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