The current situation for gastric cancer in Chile.

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Fundación Chilena Desarrollo Oncología, SLAGO (Latin American Symposium on Oncological Gastroenterology), Santiago, Chile.; Instituto Oncológico Fundación Arturo López Pérez, Rancagua 878, Providencia Santiago, Chile.

Published: December 2016

Gastric cancer is a neoplasm with a high incidence and mortality rate in Chile where more than 3000 people die every year from this type of cancer. This study shows the clinical and epidemiological considerations of this disease, information about translational research on this pathology in Chile, the contribution of Chilean doctors to the development of gastric cancer management awareness and the general situation of gastric cancer in Chile.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5221643PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.707DOI Listing

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