Gastric cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. There is significant geographic variation in the burden of the disease: incidence and mortality are notably high in East Asia, China, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, whereas the disease is no longer as common in North America and Western Europe. Globally, there has been a steady decline in incidence over the past 50 years. This is mostly attributable to the decline in prevalence of H. pylori infections, a decline in tobacco use, and improvements in food preservation and diet.

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