Incidence, Stage, Treatment, and Survival of Noncardia Gastric Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide, and investigating its incidence, characteristics, treatment, and outcomes over the past decades can help in selecting clinical strategies and future research directions.

Objective

To analyze the trends in incidence, staging, and treatment of gastric cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide, population-based cohort study included patients diagnosed with noncardia gastric cancer (NCGC) between 1989 and 2021 in the Netherlands.

Main outcomes and measures

Differences in tumor characteristics, treatment, and survival were analyzed per fixed time periods (1989-1993, 1994-1998, 1999-2003, 2004-2008, 2009-2013, 2014-2018, and 2019-2021).

Results

In total, 47 014 patients (media

SUBMITTER: van Velzen MJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature