High Gastric Cancer Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Nicaragua: A Population-Based Study 1997 - 2012.
Edgar M Peña-GaloGuillermo Palacios-NavarroJavier Pastora-MembreñoTatiana Torres-HermanDalton Argean NorwoodEleazar Enrique Montalvan-SanchezTimothy BeasleyLuis Eduardo BravoDouglas R MorganPublished in: Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology (2024)
The projected increase in mortality portends the double cancer burden in northern Central America, with persistent infection-associated cancers and growing transition cancers (e.g., breast and colon cancers), which has implications for cancer control in Mesoamerica and U.S. Latino populations.