1. Gastric Cancer and Thickened Gastric Wall
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Obara Katsutoshi, Rei Suzuki, Atsushi Irisawa, Takuto Hikichi, Hiromasa Ohira, and Manoop S. Bhutani
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Optimal treatment ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,digestive system diseases ,Endoscopy ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Gastric cancer stage ,business ,Gastric wall ,Cancer staging - Abstract
Gastric cancer remains one of the most prevalent cancers and is responsible for an estimated 989,600 new cases (8 % of total cancer cases) and 738,000 deaths (10 % of total cancer deaths) a year worldwide, which contrasts with the declining incidence and cancer-related deaths from gastric cancer in the USA. Because optimal treatment differs with each gastric cancer stage, a comprehensive strategy for cancer staging is important with EUS playing a valuable role.
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- 2015
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