Researchers at Ajou University School of Medicine Zero in on Gastric Cancer [Secondary Primary Cancer after Primary Gastric Cancer: Literature Review and Big Data Analysis Using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) Database …]: Oncology – Gastric Cancer

2023 JAN 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on gastric cancer are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Suwon, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Advances in cancer screening and early detection, as well as improvements in surgical techniques and therapeutics, have contributed to decreasing gastric cancer mortality.”

Financial supporters for this research include Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of The National Research Foundation (Nrf) Funded By The Korean Government.

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Ajou University School of Medicine: “The number of gastric cancer survivors continues to rise; however, long-term follow-up has revealed an increase in the risk of post-gastrectomy symptoms or other health problems, such as extra-gastric secondary primary cancer (SPC), in these survivors. Therefore, evidence-based screening for new primary cancer is needed in these populations; however, the incidence of SPC varies by country or continent and its characteristics have not been clearly reported.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The characteristics of SPC are of increasing interest to both treatment providers and gastric cancer survivors; thus, this literature review explores not only the epidemiology and biology of SPC but also clinical and biological factors that influence its prognosis.”

For more information on this research see: Secondary Primary Cancer after Primary Gastric Cancer: Literature Review and Big Data Analysis Using the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) Database of Republic of Korea. Cancers, 2022,14(6165):6165. (Cancers - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/). The publisher for Cancers is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14246165.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Jeong Ho Song, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Yeonkyoung Lee, Jaesung Heo, Sang-Yong Son, Hoon Hur, Sang-Uk Han.

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