Cancer is now overtaking cardiac disease as the most common cause of death in Western societies. Perhaps the main reason for this is increased life expectancy at birth. However, elsewhere, cancer is also rising in incidence, due in no small part to chronic infections such as viral hepatitis. Given improved survival with aggressive and modern treatments, surgery is becoming more important in the…
Gastric cancer (GC) is the most common cancer with high mortality worldwide.Highrate of GC deaths reported in China, Japan, and Korea. There are 56% new cases from Eastern Asia,41% from China,and11% from Japan. The common causes of GC include Helicobacter pylori infection which accounts for 60% of cases, pickled vegetables, smoking, alcohol intake and genetics. GC is often asymptomatic or nonsp…
Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the world, the epidemiology of which has changed within last decades. A trend of steady decline in gastric cancer incidence rates is the effect of the increased standards of hygiene, conscious nutrition, and Helicobacter pylori eradication, which together constitute primary prevention. Avoidance of gastric cancer remain…