AIM:To study the incidence and survival rate of stomach cancer(SC)and its associated factors in a high risk population in Chile. METHODS:The population-based cancer registry of Valdivia,included in the International Agency for Research on Cancer system,covers 356 396 residents of Valdivia Province...
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to estimate the incidence, mortality and survival rate of stomach cancer in elderly people in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The source population was a Korean Elderly Phamacoepidemiologic Cohort (KEPEC), who were 65 years of age or older and living in Busan ...
Stomach cancer arises in the lining of the stomach. The most common type is adenocarcinoma and it often spreads or metastasizes. Learn more about treatment, symptoms, risk factors, prognosis, and staging of stomach cancer.
The steady, long-term decline in stomach cancer incidence and mortality has seen its relative frequency in England and Wales fall from 5% of all malignant neoplasms in the 1970s to 2.3% by 2002 (Coleman et al, 1993;Cooper et al, 2005). It is now only the sixth most common cancer in ...
The analysis was performed first using the overall expected death rate from the lifetable, then by matching this expected death rate with the death rate of the study population by F-EDI quintile. Modelling strategy The analyses were stratified by sex and by cancer site. The logarithm of the ...
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is cancer of the lymphatic system, a vital part of the body's immune system. Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, coughing, weakness, chest pain, unexplained weight loss, and abdominal pain. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a type of cancer th...
The disadvantages are that the scar is often somewhat unsightly, and the recurrence rate is as high as 15%. Surgical excision: The area around the tumor is numbed with a local anesthetic. A football-shaped portion of tissue including the tumor is then removed and then the wound edges are ...
Moreover, patients with low SMI had a significantly shorter OS (P = .011), lower response rate to chemotherapy (P = .045), and lower utilization of subsequent lines of treatment (P < .001). Conclusions Using pre-chemotherapy SMI cutoff (≤33 cm2/m2 for males and 28 cm...
China aims to raise the overall five-year survival rate for cancers to over 46.6 percent by 2030 by rolling out comprehensive measures including promoting healthy lifestyles, expanding screening and accelerating the development of new technologies, offic
Liver cancer is hard to diagnose as symptoms and signs are vague and nonspecific. Get information about liver cancer symptoms, treatment, stages, survival rate, prognosis, life expectancy, causes, and diagnosis.