Stomach cancer is no longer one of the most common cancers in the United States, accounting for just 1.5% of new cancer diagnoses per year, according to the American Cancer Society. Still, early ...

Stomach cancer rates in the United States have been steadily decreasing for decades, but recent trends reveal an increase in early-onset stomach cancer in people younger than 50, particularly women.

Stomach cancer, also referred to as gastric cancer, was once thought of as a disease of older adults. However, it is increasingly affecting people under the age of 50, mirroring a similar shift that ...