Long-term trends and survival analysis of esophageal and gastric cancer in Yangzhong, 1991-2013.

OBJECTIVE:To describe the long-term trends of the incidence, mortality and survival of upper digestive tract cancers in a high-risk area of China. METHODS:We extracted esophageal and gastric cancer cases diagnosed from 1991 to 2013 through the Yangzhong Cancer Registry and calculated the crude and a...

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Main Authors: Zhaolai Hua, Xianzhi Zheng, Hengchuan Xue, Jianming Wang, Jun Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5348038?pdf=render