{"id":2793,"date":"2026-01-17T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:24:50","slug":"stomach-cancer-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2793","title":{"rendered":"Stomach Cancer Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Endoscopic examination to detect early gastric malignancies in high-risk populations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Do I Need Screening?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family history of gastric cancer<\/li>\n<li>Chronic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia<\/li>\n<li>Pernicious anemia or H. pylori infection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Should I Prepare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fasting 6 hours before endoscopy.<\/li>\n<li>Discontinue PPIs 2 weeks prior if safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Happens During Endoscopy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedation administered.<\/li>\n<li>Systematic inspection of stomach; biopsies taken from suspicious areas.<\/li>\n<li>Duration: 10\u201320 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Can I Expect Afterwards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recovery for 30\u201360 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Resume diet per physician\u2019s advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Risks &amp; Possible Complications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopsy bleeding (&lt;1%)<\/li>\n<li>Rare perforation (&lt;0.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Negative exam: repeat in 2\u20133 years if risk factors persist.<\/li>\n<li>Positive findings: refer to oncology and plan treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Endoscopic examination to detect early gastric malignancies in high-risk populations. Why Do I Need Screening? Family history of gastric cancer Chronic gastritis or intestinal metaplasia Pernicious anemia or H. pylori infection How Should I Prepare? Fasting 6 hours before endoscopy. Discontinue PPIs 2 weeks prior if safe. What Happens During Endoscopy? Sedation administered. Systematic inspection [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}