Strategies for prevention of gastrointestinal cancers in developing countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastrointestinal cancers account for one third of total cancer incidence and mortality in developing countries. To date, there is no systematic synthesis of evidence regarding strategies to prevent gastrointestinal cancers in developing countries. We aimed to provide a systematic overview of studies evaluating strategies for prevention or early detection of the three most common gastrointestinal cancers (gastric, liver and colorectal cancer) in developing countries.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, Web of Science and WHO Global Index Medicus databases for relevant articles published until October 2016 using combinations of the search terms "gastrointestinal", "digestive system", "gastric", "liver", "colorectal", "cancer", "prevention", "early detection" and "developin

SUBMITTER: Shams AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718709 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature