Behavior of gastric cancer in Brazilian population Comportamento do câncer gástrico na população brasileira

BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) is a predominately male disease. Usually for every female that suffers from this condition there are two males and occurred an increase in the number of females in last decades. Brazil is poor in data about this issue. AIM: To verify if in Brazil it happened: a) a cha...

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Main Authors: Carlos Eduardo Jacob, Claudio Bresciani, Joaquim José Gama-Rodrigues, Osmar Kenji Yagi, Donato Mucerino, Bruno Zilberstein, Ivan Cecconello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva 2009-03-01
Series:ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202009000100007