After Toby Keith's death, doctors say stomach cancer is easy to miss
Newsy
Symptoms of stomach cancer can be overlooked as something less serious. Most diagnoses come after the cancer has spread.
A day after country icon Toby Keith lost his battle to stomach cancer, doctors are warning that signs of the disease can be easy to miss.
The singer died at 62, after being diagnosed in the fall of 2021.
Stomach cancer begins in the lining of the stomach and progresses slowly over time. But there usually aren't signs in the beginning.
"Early on, stomach cancer usually doesn't have symptoms, making it hard to detect. Symptoms usually begin after the cancer has spread," says the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
In earlier stages, people with stomach cancer could experience indigestion, feeling bloated after eating, mild nausea, loss of appetite or heartburn, according to NCI. The symptoms are ones that may be overlooked.
