stomach cancer; gastric cancer
Medical term for cancer of the stomach. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.
My father underwent surgery for stomach cancer.
胃がんの早期発見が重要です。
Early detection of stomach cancer is important.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; がん is often written in kana in medical and everyday contexts.
Full kanji spelling; used in formal medical documents but less common in general writing.
Katakana variant for がん; sometimes seen in medical pamphlets or emphasis.
Compound of 胃 (い, 'stomach') and がん ('cancer'), from the on'yomi reading of 癌.