Signs of stomach cancer can be seen in patients' MOUTHS years before symptoms, ... trends now
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The earliest signs of deadly stomach cancer could be detected years before symptoms develop using a medical mouthwash, a new study suggests.
Researchers from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine in New Jersey used a 'swish and spit' oral rinse to find signs of the disease.
Specifically, they found telltale changes in bacteria in the mouths of people who went on to develop the disease.
Stomach cancer — the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide — is particularly deadly as symptoms often mimic other, less serious conditions, meaning the disease is spotted late, when it has spread to other parts of the body.
Some studies suggest the disease is rising in young people, echoing the current trend with many types of cancer, including colon cases that have risen more than 300 percent in teenagers over the past 20 years.
The finding could mean that a simple 'swish and spit' oral rinse could be used as a screening tool to pick out people at a higher risk of stomach cancer
As pictured above, having no energy, unintentionally losing weight, constant indigestion, difficulty swallowing, feeling sick and a lump at the top of your tummy are all warning signs and symptoms of stomach cancer
In 2020, only 0.6 children ages 10 to 14 per 100,000 population were diagnosed with colorectal cancer compared to 0.1 per 100,000 in 1999 - a 500 percent increase. Escalations were also found in older adults, with rates rising by 71 percent to 6.5 per 100,000 people in aged 30 to 34 and by 58 percent to 11.7 per 100,000 in ages 35 to 39 in 2020
Country music star Toby Keith lost his battle with stomach cancer aged 62 in
