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Leveraging High-Quality Research to Define the Gastric Cancer Landscape in India

Leveraging High-Quality Research to Define the Gastric Cancer Landscape in India Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology (September 2020) 11(3):334–336 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-020-01066-x EDITORIAL Leveraging High-Quality Research to Define the Gastric Cancer Landscape in India 1,2 3 2,4 Shaila J. Merchant & Chandramohan Krishnan Nair & Christopher M. Booth Published online: 19 April 2020 Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2020 Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally [1]; un- makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact contributions of indi- fortunately, patients in low- and middle-income countries vidual risk factors. have poorer outcomes compared with those observed in Literature related to gastric cancer outcomes in India re- high-income countries [2]. In India, a low middle-income mains sparse, with existing outcomes-based literature limited country, the number of new cases and deaths due to cancer to single-center experiences. In a publication from has been rising [3] and is expected to nearly double to 1.7 Sambasivaiah et al. [7], patients with gastric cancer in million cases by 2035 [4]. Within this statistic, gastric cancer Andhra Pradesh (southern India) were more likely to be male, remains an interesting area of study. Although a substantial have adenocarcinoma and distally located cancers, and present reduction in the age-standardized incidence rate has been ob- with advanced, incurable disease. Survival http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology" Springer Journals

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Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology (September 2020) 11(3):334–336 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13193-020-01066-x EDITORIAL Leveraging High-Quality Research to Define the Gastric Cancer Landscape in India 1,2 3 2,4 Shaila J. Merchant & Chandramohan Krishnan Nair & Christopher M. Booth Published online: 19 April 2020 Indian Association of Surgical Oncology 2020 Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally [1]; un- makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact contributions of indi- fortunately, patients in low- and middle-income countries vidual risk factors. have poorer outcomes compared with those observed in Literature related to gastric cancer outcomes in India re- high-income countries [2]. In India, a low middle-income mains sparse, with existing outcomes-based literature limited country, the number of new cases and deaths due to cancer to single-center experiences. In a publication from has been rising [3] and is expected to nearly double to 1.7 Sambasivaiah et al. [7], patients with gastric cancer in million cases by 2035 [4]. Within this statistic, gastric cancer Andhra Pradesh (southern India) were more likely to be male, remains an interesting area of study. Although a substantial have adenocarcinoma and distally located cancers, and present reduction in the age-standardized incidence rate has been ob- with advanced, incurable disease. Survival

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