Open AccessChanging trends of disease burden of gastric cancer in China from 1990 to 2019 and its predictions: Findings from Global Burden of Disease Study
Author(s) -
Tongchao Zhang,
Hui Chen,
Xiaolin Yin,
Qian He,
Jinyu Man,
Xiaorong Yang,
Ming Lü
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chinese journal of cancer research/chinese journal of cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1993-0631
pISSN - 1000-9604
DOI - 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2021.01.02
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , burden of disease , demography , disease burden , china , confidence interval , epidemiology , disease , cohort , mortality rate , environmental health , geography , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics
China is one of the countries with the heaviest burden of gastric cancer (GC) in the world. Understanding the epidemiological trends and patterns of GC in China can contribute to formulating effective prevention strategies.