What is gastric signet ring cell cancer?

Stomach signet ring cell carcinoma is one of the types of gastric cancer. It is a malignant cancer with a high degree of malignancy. It is a special type of gastric cancer containing a large amount of mucus. Most of it is common in young and middle-aged women. It is considered to be related to female estrogen secretion. This is a relatively serious disease of the stomach. It can be preliminarily judged by gastroscopy or X-ray barium meal examination. Combined with biopsy, it can be diagnosed. once diagnosed, surgery should be performed in an early stage, followed by radiotherapy or chemotherapy to inhibit metastasis and spread of cancer cells. If it is detected later, or even has shown metastasis and spread, the mortality rate is higher.