article_snippet.sent: Stomach cancer is a relatively rare form of the disease, with fewer than 25,000 cases annually in the US.
article_snippet.sent: There are different types of stomach cancer - 95 per cent of cases develop in the cells of the stomach lining - known as adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
article_snippet.sent: Less common forms of the disease include lymphoma of the stomach, which develops in the lymphatic tissue and gastrointestinal stromal tumours, which develop in the muscle of the stomach wall.
article_snippet.sent: Around 15 per cent of stomach cancer patients live at least five years after diagnosis, and around 11 per cent live for 10 years.
article_snippet.sent: Stomach cancer is a relatively rare form of the disease, with fewer than 25,000 cases annually in the US.