Perspectives on stomach cancer

Perspectives on stomach cancer.

Perspectives on cancer management

Alan So, MD, FRCSC is a Urologic Oncology Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia / Vancouver Hospital – Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. S. Larry Goldenberg, MD, FRCSC, FACS is Director of The Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, and Professor and Head, Division of Urology, University of British Columbia. Address for correspondence: Dr. S. Larry ...

Cancer of the Stomach

Cancer of the Stomach

Carcinoma of the stomach, although its incidence is decreasing in the United States, is still a fatal disease. The results today are actually no better than they were 30 years ago because we are still making late diagnoses. In order to improve our results in the treatment of cancer of the stomach, we must perform fiberoptic gastroscopy in individuals over age 40 who have gastric complaints that...

Epidemiology and trend of stomach cancer mortality in Iran

Background and aims: Stomach cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second cause of deaths among cancers worldwide cancer in the world. This study aimed to estimate the rate and trend of death from stomach cancer in Iranian population between 2006 and 2010. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional conducted using mortality data in Iranian popul...