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Review
. 2017 Fall;10(4):245-257.

Systematic review of pancreatic cancer epidemiology in Asia-Pacific Region: major patterns in GLOBACON 2012

Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi  1 , Sara Ashtari  2 , Nastaran Hajizadeh  2 , Zeinab Fazeli  1 , Mohammad Reza Zali  1
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Systematic review of pancreatic cancer epidemiology in Asia-Pacific Region: major patterns in GLOBACON 2012

Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2017 Fall.

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers with short-term survival rates. Trends for pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality varied considerably in the world. To date, the causes of pancreatic cancer are not known sufficiently, although certain risk factors have been identified such as, smoking, obesity, life style, diabetes mellitus, alcohol, dietary factors and chronic pancreatitis. Since there are no current screening recommendations for pancreatic cancer, primary prevention is very important. Therefore, up-to-date statistics on pancreatic cancer occurrence and outcome are essential for the primary prevention of this disease. Due to the lack of information on epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in most Asian countries, and limited of statistics and registration system in this area, we conducted a systematic review study to evaluate the most recent data concerning epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in Asia-Pacific region. In this review we focused on collected recent data on incidence, mortality, survival and risk factors of pancreatic cancer in this region. In addition, we reviewed and used the data of GLOBOCAN 2012 in this paper to complete the information as a source of compiling pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality rate.

Keywords: Asia; Epidemiology; Pacific; Pancreatic cancer; Risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

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The age-standard incidence of pancreatic cancer in the world, based on GLOBOCAN 2012.
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The incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer in Eastern Asia, according to GLOBOCAN estimation project 2012
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The incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer in Central Asia, according to GLOBOCAN estimation project 2012
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Figure 4.
The incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer in Southeast Asia, according to GLOBOCAN estimation project 2012
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Figure 5
The incidence and mortality of pancreatic cancer in Western Asia, according to GLOBOCAN estimation project 2012
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