This was stitched-up audio of relatives who were touched by the cancer patient. Though I couldn’t give out all the information, I did piece together some information that described her mental and physical state. I was however able to learn from individual member certain details. For example, before she had stomach cancer, she had type two diabetes, which was an illness that created too much glucose and stopped other hormones to balance. Four years later, it was found out that she gained stage IV cancer, which meant that the cancer had spread to other organs closeby(the condition is also called advanced or metastatic cancer). The medical treatment given was chemotherapy, in which meant that professionals would inserted certain radiated chemicals into the body, and that they would stop/kill of cancer cells. Sadly, the cancer had already affected surrounding organs, and the diagnosed died in 2010. We heard through the interviews that she had depression before her death, and was also leaving behind a son in which for her sister to care for. However, that didn’t mean that it was completely tragic, as this experience made her appreciate life, and allowed her to experience it with loved ones.
Thought it was not fully clear, I believe the disease had been more of an environmental impact rather than anything else. The classifications are genetic, environmental, infectious, and multifactorial. The evidence shown was: a. Lack of genetic history from the family b. The disease couldn’t escape from the body More on the environmental impact, certain risk that could higher the chances of this cancer would be: - Smoking - Diet - Working in Rubber or Coal Factories - ‘Other virus or disease(such as diabetes) It has, however, been pinpointed through certain medical research that people who are in these conditions or places are more acceptable to said disease. -
Geo-economical: What that means is the financial situation that a person could be in most likely to gain the disease. It has been recorded that stomach cancers are more acceptable in developed countries, but mostly affect lower/lower middle classes. This is due to “food deserts”, which is a lack of nutritious food over non-nutritious(fast food, convenient stores, etc).
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Geography: What that means is where does this disease most likely happen. Even though our diseases diagnosed had gained the disease in the US,(especially a deadlyer version of it) it seems that the disease usually happens in eastern Asia of Northern South America. The top five geographic locations are Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Guatemala, and China. Though they aren’t the US, they are still developed that have people with the Geo-economic status that we talked from before.
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Causes: It means what creates the disease, or what takes it to affect. There are multiple ways one can gain the disease, and each can be categorized into its own spot.
a. Genetic: When one receives it through their bloodline/someone who was related to them. Through there are many, the most common cause are such as BRCA1 & BRCA2, E-cadherin/CDH, Lynch syndrome, and FAP(Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) b.
Lifestyle: When one does this on their own doing, and was affected by external causes. These would be working in rubber or coal industries, diet(things that have more drying, pickling, etc), and/or smoking.
c. Other affects: These includes disease that can be both internally or externally. Such are H. pylori infection, Pernicious anemia, Epstein-Barr virus infection, and Diabetes. -
Transition: Transition is if the disease goes from one person to another, somewhat like a virus. Though multiple cancers can b e transmitted, there is no evidence that stomach cancer or gastric cancer being transmitted.