Stomach cancer is a very serious oncological disease, but not a verdict. Cancer is called a malignant tumor, gradually developing in the walls of the stomach. In recent years, successes in oncology have become much more noticeable, and now there is hope not only for an extension of life, but for a complete cure. The most important is to identify the disease in the initial phase of development, because in the third stage, unlike the first and second, recovery is almost impossible, and prolonging life can be difficult. It is necessary to know the statistical age of the appearance of the tumor in order to detect a stomach cancer, or to guess about its possible appearance.
What is stomach cancer?
Before you understand the age of stomach cancer, you can learn a little about the disease itself, and then start to take the statistics. As mentioned earlier, this disease is a malignant tumor. The tumor itself grows from the inner layer of the stomach wall, the mucous membrane, developing gradually. After a while, after a certain phase of growth, there may appear secondary tumor nodes on the most diverse organs. Like other tumor diseases, stomach cancer sucks the strength of the body, a person feels weak, tired. If you start the disease, terrible complications are imminent.
People suffering from obesity and overweight or having relatives who are sick with gastrointestinal diseases should be examined on a mandatory basis, and as often as possible. In addition, statistics in such cases does not play a big role.
Stomach cancer statistics, at what age can you get sick?
Three decades ago, a disease such as stomach cancer ranked first among cancer diseases in terms of frequency and mortality..Based on statistics, at the moment the disease takes second place, only slightly inferior to lung cancer. Decreased the number of diseases of the tumor for many decades, and not only by the hard work of oncologists.
This is due to the fact that the food market of various countries began to appear more quality products, fresh fruits, vegetables and meat. The social status of people has improved, which makes it possible to eat natural and healthy food. But even with all this, the disease is often found. In Russia it was 20% of men, and 30% of women.
So at what age can you get sick? Tumor, unfortunately, can affect both the elderly and young people. There are cases of the disease in 20 years and 30 years, but most often the elderly, aged 75-79 years. In youth, the disease is rare. The average age of patients is 65 years. Recovering or prolonging the life span also depends on age. Young people recover much more often and live much more than elderly patients.
Now go to the statistics. The disease statistics are divided by stages:
Stage 1. The survival rate of patients within 5 years is 80%.But, alas, at such an early stage of development, the tumor is found only in 1% of patients.
Stage 2. Statistically, the five-year survival rate of patients is 56%, and the second stage is diagnosed in six cases of cancer from a hundred.
Stage 3. At this stage, the disease is detected quite often: in one patient out of seven. In stage 3b, the survival rate for 5 years is 38%, and 3b - 15%.
Stage 4. According to statistics, the detection of the disease at this stage is the most frequent. Is found in 80% of sick people. Five-year survival rate of patients is 5%.Doctors say that 2 years after the diagnosis is a great result.
According to general estimates, 15% of patients survive about five years after the discovery of stomach cancer, and ten years can live slightly less - 11% of people.