Avoid stomach cancer ahead!!

Stomach Cancer Prevention

Doctors cannot always explain why one person gets cancer and another doesn't. However, scientists have studied general patterns of cancer in the population to learn what things around us and what things we do in our lives may increase our chance of developing cancer.

Anything that increases a person's chance of developing a disease is called a risk factor; anything that decreases a person's chance of developing a disease is called a protective factor. Some of the risk factors for cancer can be avoided, but many cannot. For example, although you can choose to quit smoking, you cannot choose which genes you have inherited from your parents.

Both smoking and inheriting specific genes could be considered risk factors for certain kinds of cancer, but only smoking can be avoided. Prevention means avoiding the risk factors and increasing the protective factors that can be controlled so that the chance of developing cancer decreases.

Although many risk factors can be avoided, it is important to keep in mind that avoiding risk factors does not guarantee that you will not get cancer. Also, most people with a particular risk factor for cancer do not actually get the disease. Some people are more sensitive than others are to factors that can cause cancer. Talk to your doctor about methods of preventing cancer that might be effective for you.

Purposes of this summary on stomach cancer
The purposes of this summary on stomach cancer (gastric cancer) prevention are to:
Give information on gastric cancer and how often it occurs.
Describe gastric cancer prevention methods.
Give current facts about which people or groups of people would most likely be helped by following gastric cancer prevention methods.
You can talk to your doctor or health care professional about cancer prevention methods and whether these methods would be likely to help you.
Gastric cancer is cancer of the stomach. The most common type of stomach cancer is gastric adenocarcinoma, or cancer of the glandular tissue in the stomach. Other rarer forms of stomach cancer include lymphomas (cancer involving the lymphatic system) and sarcomas (cancer of the connective tissue, such as muscle, fat, or blood vessels).

Significance of stomach cancer
Over most of the century, the frequency of gastric cancer has been decreasing. Over the past several years, the number of new cases of gastric cancer in the United States seems to be steady, while the number of deaths has greatly decreased. There has continued to be a decrease in cancer arising in the part of the stomach that is closest to the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). However, cancer at the junction between the esophagus and stomach is on the increase.

Stomach cancer (gastric) prevention
Gastric cancer can sometimes be associated with known risk factors for the disease. Many risk factors are modifiable though not all can be avoided.
Diet and Lifestyle : Excessive salt intake has been identified as a possible risk factor for gastric cancer. Having a high intake of fresh fruits and vegetables may be associated with a decreased risk of gastric cancer. Studies have suggested that eating foods that contain beta-carotene and vitamin C may decrease the risk of gastric cancer, especially if intake of micronutrients is inadequate.
Pre-existing Conditions: Infection with a certain bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Long-standing reflux of gastric contents and the development of an abnormal cellular lining is also associated with an increased risk of cancer at the junction of the stomach and esophagus.

Quitting Smoking
Smoking tobacco products raises the risk of stomach cancer near the esophagus.
Eating Fruit
Eating fresh citrus fruits like limes and oranges can lower the risk of stomach cancer. The American Cancer Society recommends eating five servings of fruit and vegetables each day to prevent many forms of cancer.
Taking Vitamins
For people that don't have proper nutrition, taking supplements of vitamins A, E and C might reduce stomach cancer risk.
Drinking Tea
Smaller scientific studies support drinking tea, especially green tea, as a way to lower the chances of getting stomach cancer.
Managing Weight
Being obese may increase stomach cancer risk.




Source: National Cancer Institute, http://www.cancer.gov/
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=57344
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5033203_stomach-cancer-prevention.html
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Gallery- Hopping

Cheongdam-dong's Gallery Street

Until fairly recently, the areas around Insa-dong and sagan-dong pretty much held a monopoly on numbers of art galleries per square foot. Art spaces such as Kukje Gallery, Gallery Seon and Kwanhoon Gallery, among several others, represented the Korean art scene rather well. However, the two areas have been challenged and augmented in recent years by the area south of the river known as Cheongdam-dong. Taking in the area from the Galleria Department Store to the Cheongdam Catholic Cathedral, strolling from gallery to gallery and stopping off for lunch and coffee makes for a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon.

Upon first hearing the name Gallery Street, I pictured a straight section of street lined with gallery after gallery. When I arrived at and walked through the area, however, I discovered that this is far from the truth. Some bigger, more prominently named galleries occupy places along the main drag, but tucked in among the side streets are many smaller and less well-known galleries.


New World
I am a fan of traveling in Seoul by bus, and so I took one as fas as the Galleria Department Store in Apgujeong. Going left and then straight across the street, I started my walk feeling like I was crossing into a new world. The transformation is quite sudden, from small inexpensive shops and cafes in Apgujeong across from the Galleria to totally high-end designer stores lining the street here. Mized in between the armanis and Jil Sanders are some very attractive buildings housing art galleries, boutigues and restaurants. Just past the Coach store on the right is the PKM Trinity Building, with its colorful glass doors and swirl-designed windows. The ground floor is occupied by the store 10 Corso Como, a colorful, artsy and expensive design shop and bookstore. Toward the back is a very chic wine restaurant. In the basement is the PKM Trinity Gallery, a well known space, but unfortunately one that was not open when I was there.
Back out on the main drag, I passed designer shop after designer shop but noticed there were quite a few pieces of street art as well, in the form of sculptures and statues all along the sidewalks on both sides of the street.

Nature Poem Building and Opera Gallery

Just before you come to the SK gas station on the right, cross the street and go left.
Go right at the first small road, and in front of you, you will see the Nature Poem Building. This structure houses three floors of small galleries, boutiques, furniture shops and more. From Pyo Gallery South in the basement and Gallery So on the second floor to the Michael Schulz Gallery on the third floor, there is much of interest all in one place. In the basement, but still with street views, is a cozy and quiet Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I stopped off for lunch at Pattaya, a Thai restaurant just opposite the Coffee Bean.

Also in the Nature Poem Building, but with its own entrance from the main street, is the famous Opera Gallery. What is so attractive about this space is its glass wall windows, making it possible to view works of art from the street as well. The gallery organizes, as do most others, new exhibitions every six to eight weeks.

Coming out the side entrance of the Nature Peom Building, I turned left and then left again. This lane has quite a few small restaurants and the feel of a local neighborhood, albeit an expensive one. Cafes, boutiques, japanese restaurants, traditional Korean restaurants with outdoor seating, and hanok are not in short supply. I remember eating at a restaurant called HoMyeonDang Noodle Bar a few years ago. It is still there, and it now hs a cafein the front and the same Asian fusion-style restaurant toward the back, with alfresco dining and valet parking.

UNC Gallery and More

Across from the hanok traditional Korean restaurant is the UNC Gallery, a smal place showing contemporary works of art. The curator, In Ga-hee, very kindly confirmed the expansion of the art world from Sagan-dong here into Cheongdam-dong. Indeed, UNC has a galery in each neighborhood. As I turned left out of UNC and headed across from the Cheongdam Elementary school, there were three more galleries to visit: Yoo Art Space, with its loft space inside; Gallery Em; and Gallery Won in the building right next door.
Walking past the UNC Gallery again, I came out onto the main street, crossed over and went up a small lane to the right at the Jil Sander shop. After taking the first left, I saw the CAIS Gallery on my left. It is also a small space, but it has a nice covered courtyard in front and a fusion restaurant opposite named MUVI. It seemed quite reasonably priced for the area, especially the lunch set menu.

I walked back out to the main street and turned right, as there was one more gallery I was in search of. After the next main intersection and on the left side of the street, I looked for the Juno Hair building, in the basement of which is the Columns Art Gallery. They were between exhibitions when I visited, but I learned that they show many Korean artists who are well known both at home and abroad.

This section of Gallery Street leading up to Cheongdam Catholic Cathedral really does not have many art spaces. It used to, but one curator told me most chose to moce into the Nature Poem uilding.

When you head to Cheongdam-dong, wear a good pair of shoes and enjoy going from gallery to gallery. It was nice walking in and out of these pleasant, white, airy rooms viewing the quirky, unique works of art that make up the contemporary art scene in Seoul. Cheongdam is a very chic, expensive part of town, yet you can view all this art for only a smile, an annyeonghaseyo upon entering and a gamsahamnida upon leaving! Enjoy!





PKM Trinity Place http://www.pkmgaleery.com/
Gallery UNC http://www.uncgallery.com/
Gallery Em http://www.galleryem.co.kr/

Article written by Una Corless Wilson, Seoul Travel & culture magazine Issue No.72

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