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Review
. 2018 Dec 17;89(8-S):82-87.
doi: 10.23750/abm.v89i8-S.7966.

Epidemiology of gastric cancer and risk factors

Ottavia Cavatorta  1 , Serena Scida, Chiara Miraglia, Alberto Barchi, Antonio Nouvenne, Gioacchino Leandro, Tiziana Meschi, Gian Luigi De' Angelis, Francesco Di Mario
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Review

Epidemiology of gastric cancer and risk factors

Ottavia Cavatorta et al. Acta Biomed. .

Abstract

Gastric cancer is, still nowadays, an important healthcare problem worldwide. In Italy, it represents the fifth tumour by frequency in both men and women over 70 years old. A crucial point is represented by the percentage of early gastric cancers usually found, which is actually very low, and it carries to a worse morbidity and mortality. The most important focus in this oncological disease, is to perform an effective detection of the most common precancerous lesion linked with this neoplasia, chronic atrophic gastritis, in order to avoid the future outcome of gastric cancer itself.

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Correa’s cascade
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Early diagnosis rates in Altovicentino and Parma district study groups.
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