Family history and gastric cancer incidence and mortality in Asia: a pooled analysis of more than half a million participants.
Dan HuangMinkyo SongSarah Krull AbeMd Shafiur RahmanMd Rashedul IslamEiko SaitoKatherine De la TorreNorie SawadaAkiko TamakoshiXiao-Ou ShuHui CaiAtsushi HozawaSeiki KanemuraJeongseon KimYu ChenHidemi ItoYumi SugawaraSue K ParkMyung-Hee ShinMayo HirabayashiTakashi KimuraYu-Tang GaoWanqing WenIsao OzeAesun ShinYoon-Ok AhnHabibul AhsanPaolo BoffettaKee Seng ChiaKeitaro MatsuoYou-Lin QiaoNathaniel RothmanWei ZhengManami InoueDaehee KangPublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2024)
In this largest prospective study to date on family history and gastric cancer, a familial background of gastric cancer increased the risk of gastric cancer in the Asian population. Targeted education, screening, and intervention in these high-risk groups may reduce the burden of gastric cancer.