Turning a Spotlight on Gastric Cancer

Gastric adenocarcinoma is a common and highly lethal cancer worldwide. The disease is of lower incidence in the United States and other western countries. The lower incidence is probably related in part to the decreasing incidence of gastric Helicobacter pylori infections in the west. A reverse effect of the decline in H pylori in the west has been the dramatic rise in Barrett ’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma primarily affecting white men. Adenocarcinoma of the stomach, on the other hand, excluding esophagogastric junction cancer, more commonly occurs in blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, creating health disparities in western countries.
Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research