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Gastric cancer in Africa: what do we know about incidence and risk factors?

9 Dec 2011

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Gastric cancer is a major contributor to mortality worldwide, yet its incidence varies widely around the world in a way which our current understanding of aetiology cannot fully explain. Incidence data from Africa are weak, reflecting poor diagnostic resources, but there are firm data on intestinal metaplasia and gastric atrophy which are important steps in the carcinogenesis pathway. The available registry data...

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PMID: 22136952
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.11.002

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