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Câncer de estômago

Last reviewed: 25 Mar 2025
Last updated: 13 Sep 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • dor abdominal
  • perda de peso
  • linfadenopatia
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Other diagnostic factors

  • 50-70 anos de idade
  • sexo masculino
  • tabagismo
  • história familiar
  • náuseas
  • disfagia
  • hemorragia digestiva baixa
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Risk factors

  • anemia perniciosa
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • compostos N-nitrosos
  • dieta pobre em frutas e legumes
  • dieta com alto teor de sal
  • tabagismo
  • história familiar
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • endoscopia digestiva alta com biópsia
  • Hemograma completo
  • perfil metabólico completo
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Tests to consider

  • TC do tórax/abdome/pelve
  • ultrassonografia endoscópica
  • laparoscopia
  • PET/TC
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

localizado: adequado para cirurgia

localizado: não adequado para cirurgia

doença metastática e avançada

Contributors

Authors

Ahmed Abdelhakeem, MD

Fellow Physician

Division of Hematology and Oncology

Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jacksonville

FL

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

MBM declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

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.

Disclosures

VR and PD declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Theodore Hong, MD

Director

Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston

MA

Disclosures

TH declares that he has no competing interests.

Andreas Leodolter, MD

Head of Department

Department of Gastroenterology

Sana Klinikum

Remscheid

Germany

Disclosures

AL declares that he has no competing interests.

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