Updated epidemiology of gastrointestinal cancers in East Asia

• Main Authors: Huang, Junjie, Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo, Zhang, Lin, Xu, Wanghong, Wong, Sunny Hei, Ng, Siew Chien, Wong, Martin Chi Sang
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Colorectal Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170143
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Globally, gastrointestinal cancers represent more than one-fourth of all cancer incidence and one-third of cancer-related mortality. Although there has been much progress in screening colorectal cancer, the prognosis of other gastrointestinal cancers tends to be poor. The highest burden of gastroint...