“The causes of sternal pain in the late stage of gastric cancer are as follows.
Sternal pain in late stage of gastric cancer, firstly, consider that gastric cancer has metastasized to the sternum and the tumor has destroyed the sternal bone causing pain. If there is a history of trauma, traumatic sternal pain is considered to be caused by soft tissue contusion in the chest or sternal fracture. In addition, gastric cancer is often associated with oesophageal reflux, causing pain behind the sternum, which the patient may describe as “sternal pain”.”