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How do you get stomach cancer?

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It is not known for sure what triggers stomach cancer, but a bacteria, Heliobacter pylori, is responsible for many stomach cancers. Certain foods and genetics play a big role. Also environment is suspected as a trigger. Highly polluted water is also a suspect

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