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Epidemiology of gastric cancer.
IARC scientific publications - 1 Jan 2004
Plummer Martyn, Franceschi Silvia, Muñoz Nubia
Abstract excerpt
The most recent estimates of global cancer incidence indicate that in 1990 stomach cancer was the second most frequent cancer in the world (after lung cancer), with about 800,000 new cases diagnosed every year (Parkin et al., 1999). Steady declines in incidence rates of gastric cancer have been observed worldwide in the last few decades. The exact causes of the decline are not well understood, but may include...
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