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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 33, Pages 11546-11551Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i33.11546
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Race; Ethnicity; Disparities; Gastric cancer; Gastric adenocarcinoma
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Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care are major public health concerns and their identification is necessary to develop interventions to eliminate these disparities. We and others have previously observed marked disparities in gastric cancer outcomes between Eastern and Western patients. These disparities have long been attributed to surgical technique and extent of lymphadenectomy. However, more recent evidence suggests that other factors such as tumor biology, environmental factors such as Helicobacter pylori infection and stage migration may also significantly contribute to these observed disparities. We review the literature surrounding disparities in gastric cancer and provide data pertaining to potential contributing factors. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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