Decreasing resection rates for nonmetastatic gastric cancer in Europe and the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resection is the cornerstone of curative treatment for many nonmetastatic gastric cancers (GCs), but the population treatment patterns remains largely unknown. This large international population-based study aimed at investigating the treatment patterns and trends for nonmetastatic GC in Europe and the United States and at exploring factors associated with resection.

Methods

Data of patients with microscopically confirmed primary invasive GC without distant metastasis from the national cancer registries of the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Slovenia, and Estonia and the US Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-18 Program were retrieved. Age-standardized treatment rates were computed and trends were evaluated using linear regression. Association

SUBMITTER: Huang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586997 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature