Stomach Cancer, its Pathology, and
Diagnosis by Endoscopy
By Vincent Kalman at St. Philips College
from digesting itself. The epithelium is also the
origin layer of most forms of gastric cancer. Cancers
arising from epithelial cells are called carcinomas,
and so the majority of gastric cancers are
carcinomas.
Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of
cancer mortality worldwide (Forman, 2014). FiveStomach cancer, more formally known as gastric year survival rates