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DID YOU KNOW??? -It is the 7th most common cancer in the USA -Japan, because of it's regular consumption of salted seafood products, has the highest rates of stomach cancer -In China, around 250,000 people died of stomach cancer in 2004.... -Less common in USA, there are 25,000 new cases of Stomach Cancer per year with 14,000 thousand deaths from Stomach Cancer. -It is most common in males, and rare in children: the average age of a person getting stomach cancer is 55 -Xiang Yi's grandfather died of Stage 4 Stomach Cancer in the summer of 2008

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There are 4 stages of Stomach Cancer: Stage 0 is when the cancer is found on inner stomach wall Stage 1 is when the cancer found in the 2nd or 3rd layers of the stomach, but not at the lymph nodes yet; or the cancer has spread into the 2nd layer and has infiltrated the lymph nodes close to the tumor Stage 2 is when the cancer has spread into the second layer of the stomach wall and spread to the lymph nodes further away; or there is cancer in the 3rd layer that has started spreading into lymph nodes close to the tumor; or the cancer is in all four layers of the stomach but is not activated yet Stage 3 is when the cancer has spread into the third layer of the stomach and has also spread into the lymph notes further away; or the cancer is in all 4 layers of the stomach and is spreading into the lymph nodes closer or farther away; or the cancer is in all 4 layers of the stomach and has spread into the tissue Stage 4 is when the cancer has spread to nearby tissues and the lymph nodes further away from the tumor; or the cancer has spread to other parts of the body (called metastasis).

[|http://www.metrohealth.org/images/Patient%20Services/Cancer%20Care%20Center/stomach.jpg] Memorize the four layers of the stomach and name them by heart...