Published 11 August 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3281
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3281

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Stomach cancer incidence has halved over past 30 years in Britain

Oona Mashta

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The annual number of new cases each year of stomach cancer in Great Britain has fallen by nearly half over the past 30 years, new figures released by Cancer Research UK show.

The incidence fell from about 14 000 in 1975 to 7485 in 2006 but remains higher among men, with almost two (1.8) men with the disease to every woman.

The number of new cases in men nearly halved since 1980, when a peak of nearly 8300 was reached, to around 4800 cases in 2006. The number of cases in women fell by more than a half in three decades, from around 5900 in 1975 to around 2650 in 2006.

Stomach cancer is the seventh most common cause of death from cancer, with more than 5200 people dying from the disease every year in the United Kingdom.

The incidence of stomach cancer varies widely from country to country. The . . . [Full text of this article]


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