Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffFactors that increase your risk of stomach cancer include:
- A diet high in salty and smoked foods
- A diet low in fruits and vegetables
- Eating foods contaminated with aflatoxin fungus
- Family history of stomach cancer
- Infection with Helicobacter pylori
- Long-term stomach inflammation (chronic gastritis)
- Pernicious anemia
- Smoking
- Stomach polyps
References
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- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Fort Washington, Pa.: National Comprehensive Cancer Network. http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/PDF/nhl.pdf. Accessed March 10, 2011.


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