Doctors removed an 80-year-old patient’s stomach tumour without external cuts, allowing discharge within 24 hours after ...

Before Todd Leach lost his father to a rare, aggressive form of stomach cancer, his dad gave him one last gift: a genetic test. It was then that Leach, of Cabot, Arkansas, learned his father carried a ...

Families who carry a genetic mutation linked to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer face a decision that sounds almost unthinkable: have a healthy stomach surgically removed before cancer ever appears, ...

Patients with early-stage gastric cancer may consider stomach-preserving surgery, as it led to better quality-of-life and nutritional outcomes in a study. Stomach-preserving surgery may improve ...

Gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery are both weight loss procedures. However, they differ in how they lead to weight loss and their effects on the digestive system. Gastric sleeve and ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 28, 2023 – After losing her sister to a rare form of stomach cancer, a Brooke Army Medical Center respiratory therapist found out that she too ...

In a rare and complex medical case, doctors at a city-based hospital have successfully performed a life-saving surgery on a 2 ...