Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Stomach cancer—or gastric cancer—occurs when cells in the lining of the stomach wall ...

What is stage 2 stomach cancer? Stage 2 stomach cancer means your cancer might have spread into the inner, supportive or muscle layer of the stomach. Or it might have spread as far as or through the ...

In clinical staging, stage 1 stomach cancer means the cancer has grown into the inner, supportive or muscle layer of the stomach. There is no cancer in the lymph nodes and it hasn't spread to distant ...