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Can certain foods prevent stomach cancer?

Dr. Shiraga recommends a Mediterranean-style diet, exercise, and avoiding processed foods, smoking, and excess alcohol to reduce stomach cancer risk despite genetic factors.

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Can what you eat help you avoid getting stomach cancer? "Most cases of stomach cancer happen sporadically and are purely a matter of bad luck," says Sharon Shiraga, MD, an upper-gastrointestinal surgeon with Keck Medicine of USC. While there is no magic bullet to avoid stomach cancer, your daily food choices, combined with other healthy lifestyle practices, may help lower your risk.

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University of Southern California broke the news in on Friday, January 23, 2026.
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