Gastric Cancer

Alternative Names

  • Gastric Cancer, Intestinal, Included
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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Neoplasms

Malignant neoplasms

OMIM Number

613659

Gene Map Locus

1p34.1

Description

Gastric cancer is a manifestation of a number of inherited cancer predisposition syndromes, including hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, Cowden disease, and the Li-Fraumeni syndrome. [From OMIM]

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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United Arab Emirates

Radwan et al. 2018 reviewed 4 retrospective studies with data collected between 1982 and 2004. "The overall age-standardized cancer rates were 70.1 and 74.2 per 100,000 in males and females, respectively. Lung, gastric, and prostate cancer ranked as the top 3 types in Emirati males; while breast, cervical, and thyroid cancer were the top 3 types in Emirati females." 

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