In a discussion about causes and prevention of stomach cancer, we have to consider risk factors.
Having H. pylori infection makes you more likely to develop stomach cancer than someone who doesn't have the infection. Even so, most people with H. pylori don't get stomach cancer, and researchers believe that genetic factors make some people more susceptible to the disease. Having both H. pylori and a form of a gene that causes low stomach acid greatly increases your risk of stomach cancer.
Other risk factors for stomach cancer include:
- Your sex.
- Age.
- Diet.
- Tobacco use.
- Previous stomach surgery.
- Stomach polyps.
- Familial cancer syndromes.
- Family history.
- Pernicious anemia.
- Type A blood.
- Country of origin.
- Environmental exposure.
- Obesity.
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