Abstract:Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths causing about 800,000 deaths worldwide/year. In Nepal gastric cancer is the second common cancer among males after the lung cancer. Gastric cancer shows a wide variation in incidence worldwide, being highest in Korea and Japan. It is detected early due to the low threshold for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and screening programs. In the rest of the world and particularly in developing countries, GC is advanced in most… Show more
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