Divergent trends for gastric cancer incidence by anatomical subsite in US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Age-specific analyses of non-cardia gastric cancer incidence reveal divergent trends among US whites: rates are declining in individuals aged 40 years and older but rising in younger persons. To investigate this heterogeneity further, incidence trends were evaluated by anatomical subsite.

Methods

Gastric cancer incidence data for 1976-2007 were obtained from the US National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). Incidence rates and estimated annual percentage change were calculated by age group (25-39, 40-59 and 60-84 years), race/ethnicity and subsite.

Results

Based on data from the nine oldest SEER registries

SUBMITTER: Camargo MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3202077 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature