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ReviewGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2024

Racial disparities of gastric cancer in the USA: an overview of epidemiology, global screening guidelines, and targeted screening in a heterogeneous population.

Jean Woo Mok, Yeong Ha Oh, Deepa Magge, Sekhar Padmanabhan

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Review in Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction in gastric cancer: a comprehensive spatial single-cell analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  12. Current status and influencing factors of cancer-related fatigue in gastric cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: A cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jean Woo Mok *Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. jean.w.mok@vanderbilt.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3968-3139
Yeong Ha Oh *Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Deepa MaggeDivision of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Sekhar PadmanabhanDivision of Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer diagnosis and fourth leading cause of cancer-related death globally. The incidence of gastric cancer in the USA shows significant racial and ethnic disparities with gastric cancer incidence in Korean Americans being over five times higher than in non-Hispanic whites. Since gastric cancer is not common in the USA, there are no current screening guidelines. In countries with higher incidences of gastric cancer, screening guidelines have been implemented for early detection and intervention and this has been associated with a reduction in mortality. Immigrants from high incidence countries develop gastric cancer at lower rates once outside of their country of origin, but continue to be at higher risk for developing gastric cancer. This risk does seem to decrease with subsequent generations. With increasing availability of endoscopy, initiating gastric cancer screening guidelines for high-risk groups can have the potential to improve survival by diagnosing and treating gastric cancer at an earlier stage. This article aims to provide context to gastric cancer epidemiology globally, review risk factors for developing gastric cancer, highlight racial and ethnic disparities in gastric cancer burden in the USA, examine current guidelines that exist in high incidence countries, and suggest future studies examining the efficacy of additional screening in high-risk populations to reduce gastric cancer mortality and disparate burden on ethnic minorities in the USA.

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Stomach NeoplasmsAsianEarly Detection of CancerHumansIncidenceUnited StatesWhiteEarly detection of cancerEmigrants and immigrantsStomach neoplasmsUSA

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PMID38436760
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