I-YStomach carcinoma, eyaziwa nangokuthi umdlavuza wesisu noma umdlavuza wesisu, uhlobo lomdlavuza oluvela olwelwesini lwesisu. Izimbangela eziqondile aziqondakali ngokugcwele, kodwa izici ezifana nokutheleleka kwe-Helicobacter pylori, ukudla ukudla okucutshungulwe kakhulu, ukubhema, ukuphuza utshwala ngokweqile, kanye nomlando womndeni womdlavuza wesisu kungandisa ingozi. Izimpawu zifaka phakathi ubuhlungu besisu obuqhubekayo, ukungagayi kahle ukudla, ukulahlekelwa yisifiso sokudla, ukwehla kwesisindo okungahlosiwe, isicanucanu nokuhlanza, ukukhathala nobuthakathaka, izinguquko emikhubeni yamathumbu, kanye negazi esitulweni. Ukuxilongwa kuvame ukuhilela inhlanganisela yezivivinyo, kufaka phakathi i-endoscopy, i-biopsy, ukuhlolwa kwegazi, kanye nokuhlolwa kwezithombe ezifana ne-CT scans noma i-MRI scans.
Ukwelashwa komdlavuza wesisu kuyahlukahluka kuye ngesigaba, impilo yesiguli, kanye nohlobo oluthile lomdlavuza. Izinqubo zokuhlinzwa ezivamile zifaka phakathi i-gastrectomy kanye ne-esophagectomy. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, i-chemotherapy isebenzisa imithi ukubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza, kungaba ngaphambi noma ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Ukwelashwa ngemisebe kusebenzisa imisebe enamandla aphezulu ukubulala amangqamuzana omdlavuza, kungaba yodwa noma ihlanganiswe ne-chemotherapy. Imithi yokwelapha eqondiwe ihlasela ama-molecule athile ahilelekile ekukhuleni nasekusindeni kwamangqamuzana omdlavuza. I-immunotherapy isiza amasosha omzimba ukulwa nomdlavuza. Kubalulekile ukubonisana nomhlinzeki wezempilo ukuze uxoxe ngezinketho zokwelapha ezingcono kakhulu zesimo esithile, njengoba ukuxilongwa kusenesikhathi kanye nokwelashwa kungathuthukisa kakhulu isimo sengqondo sabantu abanomdlavuza wesisu.
UMnu. Anthony Anderson Thole waseZambia uphumelele ukuhlinzwa ngenxa yomdlavuza wesisu ezibhedlela zaseYashoda, eHyderabad, ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. K. Sreekanth, uMqondisi Wezokwelapha kanye nodokotela ohlinzayo ochwepheshe.