Symptoms

• These signs of adenocarcinoma would likely send you to the doctor's office: tiredness, heartburn and indigestion, stomach pain, vomiting, bloating, weight loss and feeling full despite eating little.
  
  

First Step

• Because other conditions can also cause these symptoms, the doctor will first rule out other illnesses. The doctor may then refer you to a gastroenterologist or an oncologist.
  
  

Endoscopy

• Doctors may search for cancer with a tiny camera, put in position by a tube passed into the stomach via the throat. This also allows biopsies of suspect areas.
  
  

Imaging Tests

• A CT scan or an X-ray that uses barium can also help doctors determine whether cancer is present.
  
  

Staging the Cancer

• Once cancer is confirmed, exploratory surgery can find whether it has spread into the abdomen. This surgery is likely to be laproscopic, performed through a few small incisions.