AA. Gastric C I 06. ppt - Università degli studi di Pavia

GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA
* incidence and mortality rates markedly ↓ over past 70 yrs;
- 1930: gastric cancer → 1st cause of cancer - related
deaths in American men (by a factor of 2) and 3rd cause in
women (behind tumors of uterine cervix and breast);
- in USA, mortality dropped in men from 28 to 5.0 and in
women from 27 to 2.3 / 100,000 population (↓ worldwide);
* nonetheless, in 1996, 22,800 new cases diagnosed and
11,800 pts died;
* incidence varies widely among different countries, being
comparatively high in Japan, China, Chile, and Ireland (with
still decreased incidence and mortality)