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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2005 35(3):165-167; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyi043
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© 2005 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Letter

An Overseas Perspective of Evolving Gastric Cancer Practices in Japan

Alan G.K. Li

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, UK E-mail: alan.li@virgin.net

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To the Editor:

I have recently had the opportunity to visit the National Cancer Centre Hospital (NCCH) in Tokyo, and like my predecessors will offer a brief on the current perspectives of gastric cancer surgery in Japan.

EPIDEMIOLOGY AFFORDS EXPERIENCE

Gastric cancer is a common but curable disease, achieved only by surgical and, arguably, endoscopic means. It is the most common of all newly diagnosed cancers in the Far East although it is superseded by lung cancer in terms of cancer-related death (1). This is attributable not only to a rising incidence of lung cancer but also to improvements in gastric cancer care reflected in a steady increase in survival rates. The Far East now contributes to 56% of the gastric cancer burden of the world. Whilst adjusted incidence rates are declining, the age cohort of the general population is increasing, leading to no change in the absolute prevalence of gastric . . . [Full Text of this Article]

GUIDELINES FOR GASTRIC CANCER CARE

CONVERGING STANDARDS OF PRACTICE

EVOLVING GASTRIC CANCER CARE AND TRIALS IN JAPAN


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