Family history and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in Asia: a pooled analysis of more than half a million participants

CONCLUSIONS: In this largest prospective study to date on family history and gastric cancer, a familial background of gastric cancer increased the risk of gastric cancer in the Asian population. Targeted education, screening, and intervention in these high-risk groups may reduce the burden of gastric cancer.PMID:38649672 | DOI:10.1007/s10120-024-01499-1

Source: Cancer Control - April 22, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Dan Huang Minkyo Song Sarah Krull Abe Md Shafiur Rahman Md Rashedul Islam Eiko Saito Katherine De la Torre Norie Sawada Akiko Tamakoshi Xiao-Ou Shu Hui Cai Atsushi Hozawa Seiki Kanemura Jeongseon Kim Yu Chen Hidemi Ito Yumi Sugawara Sue K Park Myung-Hee S Source Type: research