What is Gastric lymphoma?
• Gastric lymphoma: A rare type of tumor that occurs in the lining of the stomach. The tumor may be primary or have spread there from other parts of the body. This type of tumor is more common in old people. Gastric lymphoma is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Gastric lymphoma, or a subtype of Gastric lymphoma, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
