#Healthwire: Stomach Cancer: A Silent Killer – Most Common Symptoms (Don’t Ignore Them)

Stomach cancer is about one-fourth as common as it was 70 years ago, 24,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in the United States. If diagnosed early, the five-year survival rate is 90%. But, unfortunately, symptoms rarely occur until the disease spreads throughout the stomach and to other organs. At this advanced stage, the cancer is no longer treatable, and the five-year survival rate is only 3%.