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Time Trends of Liver Cancer Incidence (1973–2002) in Asia, from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vols IV–IX
Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division
Center for Cancer Control and Information Services
National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
Cancer Screening Research Division
Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening
National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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We compared time trends of age-standardized incidence rate of liver cancer (ICD-10: C22) across 13 cancer registries and ethnic/racial groups in Asia. We obtained the cancer incidence data from the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vols IV–IX (years at diagnosis: 1973–77, 1978–82, 1983–87, 1993–97 and 1998–2002, respectively) and used the world