Faced with the increase in the incidence of gastric cancer in people under 40 in a large number of countries, researchers are campaigning for more prevention.
- Stomach cancer is one of the most common in the world, with more than one million cases per year.
- The stomach is an organ of the digestive system: it is located in the upper and middle part of the abdomen.
Researchers have assessed the global incidence and death rate of stomach cancer from 1980 to 2018. After analyzing more than one million cases, “an increased incidence of gastric cancer has been observed in people under 40 years of age in a significant number of countries, including Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ecuador”, write the scientists in their report, published in the JAMA.
A priority
A total of 1,033,701 new gastric cancer cases and 782,685 disease-related deaths were recorded in 2018.”These results indicate that prevention around stomach cancer must become a priority of clinical guidelines and political programs in order to improve the morbidity and mortality associated with it, especially in younger populations. deduce the researchers.
The incidence of gastric cancer has decreased overall
Other results are more positive. Overall, the incidence of gastric cancer has fallen in 29 countries, and its mortality rate has fallen in 41 states. The overall age-standardized mortality rate fell from a range of 1.3 to 25.8 in 1980 to a range of 1.5 to 18.5 in 2018 per 100,000 people, although an increase in mortality has been observed in Thailand.
“In the future, more research should explore the reasons for these epidemiological trends,” conclude the researchers.
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