>>BRUCE HAMILTON: COUNTRY MUSIC STAR CO TOBY KEITH HAS BEEN BATTLING STOMACH CANCER
SINCE LATE LAST YEAR. AND
SOCIAL MEDIA POST. HE SAID HE
HAD SURGERY FOLLOWED BY CHEMO
AND RADIATION AND HAS BEEN,
QUOTE, RECOVERING WELL RIGHT
NOW, THE RED SOLO CUP CROONER
SAID HE JUST NEEDS TIME TO
BREATHE. HIS FOUNDATION HAS
ASSISTED CHILDREN WITH CANCER
SINCE 2006 DOCTOR. NEW RAJ TO
SUNNY THE CHIEF OF SURGICAL
ONCOLOGY AT BAPTIST MD
ANDERSON CANCER CENTER JOINS
ME NOW IN THE MORNING SHOW.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO
IN A SENSE, A CANCER IS THE
5TH MOST COMMON AND 3RD
DEADLIEST CANCER GLOBALLY.
NOW, WE DON’T KNOW THE STAGING
ABOUT THAT, TOBY KEITH’S
CANCER, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT
THE DISEASE GENERALLY, IF IT’S
DIAGNOSED AND TREATED BEFORE
IT SPREADS OUTSIDE THE
STOMACH. THE 5 YEAR SURVIVAL
RATE IS PRETTY ENCOURAGING.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW,
WORLDWIDE, THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST DEADLY CANCERS OVER
750,000 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR
IN UNITED STATES. ABOUT
26,000. PEOPLE ARE DIAGNOSED
WITH STOMACH CANCER EVERY
SINGLE YEAR. AND OVER 11,000
DIE. AND SO IT CAN BE A VERY
AGGRESSIVE CANCER AND
SOMETIMES CAN BE HARD TO
DETECT WHEN WE DO FIND IT
EARLY. IT HAS VERY GOOD
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES AND WE CAN
DO SURGERY TO REMOVE THE
TUMORS OR A COMBINATION OF
SURGERY AND CHEMOTHERAPY OR
TARGETED GET RID OF THE CANCER
AT LATER STAGES. WE HAVE OTHER
OPTIONS AS WELL, INCLUDING
RADIATION. COMBINATIONS OF
SURGERY, CHEMOTHERAPY AND
RADIATION, WHICH CAN PROLONG
SURVIVAL AS WELL. SO WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE SIGNS AND SIGNALS
THAT YOU MAY HAVE A BIG
PROBLEM? WITH A LOT G I TRACT
CANCERS. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT
TO DISCERN WHETHER YOU HAVE A
CANCER OR JUST SOMETHING MORE
RUN OF THE MILL. LIKE ULCERS
HARBOR. SO UP FOR SOME OF
CANCER, IT’S VERY SIMILAR. YOU
HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY IF
YOU FEEL FULL FAST, IF YOU’RE
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING
PERSISTENT NAUSEA, VOMITING,
PAIN IN THE UPPER ABDOMEN IF
YOU’RE HAVING WEIGHT LOSS THIS
OR IF YOU BECOME A LOW BLOOD
COUNT AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS
OR BLOOD IN YOUR STOOL THAT
CAN CAUSE YOU TO BE THOSE MAY
BE SIGNS. YOU SHOULD SEE A
DOCTOR AND CONSIDER GETTING
DOCTORS CAN DO DIFFERENT
TESTS, INCLUDING AN ENDOSCOPY
WHERE THEY LOOK DOWN THE
THROAT AND CAN LOOK FOR THESE
THINGS SUCH AS CANCERS ARE
HOPEFULLY OTHER MORE MUNDANE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THESE
SYMPTOMS, I WAS GOING TO ASK
YOU ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
SOMETIMES MAY SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT, I JUST THINK I’M HAVING
A A GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEM.
AND SOMETIMES IT MAY EVEN BE
DID MISDIAGNOSED. YEAH, THAT’S
EXACTLY RIGHT. AGAIN, YOU HAVE
TO LISTEN YOUR BODY. I THINK
THAT PERSISTS. THAT DOESN’T
GET BETTER WITH TREATMENTS
SHOULD WORK DETENTION. AS WE
ALL GET OLDER, WE SHOULD START
UNFORTUNATE THINKING ABOUT
CANCER AS A BECAUSE CANCER IS
A DISEASE MOSTLY OF OLDER
PEOPLE. AND SO NUMBER ONE RISK
FACTOR FOR DEVELOPING STOMACH
CANCER THOSE STATES IS
ACTUALLY AN
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ASIDE FROM
ADVANCED AGE, IS IT SOMETHING
THAT MAY BE BROUGHT ON BY
DIET, SOMETHING THAT IS
HEREDITARY?
>> YES, IT CAN BE BOTH.
THANKFULLY, MOST CASES ARE NOT
BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN SYNDROME
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE PREDILECTION
TO DEVELOPING STOMACH CANCER.
AND IN THOSE CASES, WE CAN
SPEND THE WHOLE FAMILY IN AND
TRY IS THINGS IN MOST CASES,
THOUGH, SIMPLY BAD LUCK BUT
CAN BE BROUGHT BY THINGS SUCH
AS SMOKING AND OLD DIET ISSUES
SUCH AS EATING A LOT OF SMOKE
OR SALTED FISH AND MEATS,
ESPECIALLY COMMON EAST ASIAN
COUNTRIES WHERE STOMACH
CANCERS AND THINGS LIKE A
PERSISTENT ULCERS IN THE
STOMACH AND BACTERIA WHICH
CAUSES ULCERS, ARE OTHER RISK
FACTORS FOR SOME KIDS. YOU
KNOW, DOCTOR, SUNNY, ONE OF
THE THINGS IS WHEN YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY WHO’S HIGH PROFILE
ARE SAYING IS TOBY KEITH.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: WHO COMES
FORWARD WITH AN ISSUE LIKE
STOMACH CANCER. IT OPEN SOME
EYES AND HOPEFULLY SAVE SOME
LIVES. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, ENLIGHTENING