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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(2):123-124; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyi238
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© 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Cancer Statistics Digest

International comparisons of cumulative risk of stomach cancer, from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. VIII

Dongmei Qiu and Sachico Tanaka

Statistics and Cancer Control Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center

Cumulative risk of stomach cancer (ICD-10: C16) incidence to age 69 years was calculated using the data from Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. VIII (1). Cumulative risk is defined as the probability that an individual will develop the disease in question during a certain age span, in the absence of other competing causes of death. The comparisons of the cumulative risk of stomach cancer incidence among 22 registries (and ethnic groups) are shown in Fig. 1. The data cover the years 1993–1997 in all the regions except Venetian-Italy (1993–1996). Males showed higher cumulative risk of stomach cancer incidence compared with females in all the 22 registries. Nagasagi, Japan, showed the highest cancer risk in males, whilst Seoul, Korea, showed the highest in females. The lowest cancer risk was found among the whites in USA in SEER (Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results) in both males and females. People living in East Asian regions tend to have higher cancer risk than those living in Western regions in both sexes. In particular, there was a tendency for immigrants from Asia, i.e. Japan, Korea and China, to show lower cancer risk than the native population. Among male immigrants, the highest risk was shown in Koreans in Los Angeles, USA. Florence, Italy, showed the highest risk among the Western male population. Similar patterns were shown in the female population, too.


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  		Figure 1. Comparisons of cumulative risk of stomach cancer incidence among 22 selected cancer registries.

 
Note: Data were downloaded from the IARC CANCERMondial Statistical Information System (http://www-dep.iarc.fr/). Data regarding the number of deaths and population for Vol. VIII were extracted from CI5I-VIII_September_2005.ZIP and were tabulated by the authors of this article. The data for Korea-Seoul, Italy-Venetian, and The Netherlands were taken from the ‘original’ version, and the data for the other registries were taken from the ‘updated’ version. Responsibility for the presentation and interpretation of the data lies with the authors of this article.


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1 Parkin D M, Whelan S L, Ferlay J, Teppo L, Thomas D B (editors). Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. VIII. IARC Scientific Publications No. 155. Lyon, France: IARC 2002.


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