The burden of gastric cancer

Health Policy Section, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan Correspondence to: Chisato Hamashima, MD, DrMedSc. Health Policy Section, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-1211, Japan. Email: chamashi@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp. Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review. Comment on: Solanki S, Chakinala RC, Haq KF, et al. Inpatient burden of gastric cancer in the United States. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:772.