Temporal trends and spatial clusters of gastric cancer mortality in Brazil

• Main Authors: Lucia Libanez Bessa Campelo Braga (Author), Anderson Fuentes Ferreira (Author), Fernando Antônio Siqueira Pinheiro (Author), Tiago Gomes da Silva Benigno (Author), Jorg Heukelbach (Author), Daniel Barros de Castro (Author), Dulciene Maria Magalhães Queiroz (Author), Fábio Miyajima (Author), Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective. To identify nationwide temporal trends and spatial patterns of gastric cancer-related mortality in Brazil. Methods. An ecological study was performed using death certificates registered from 2000 to 2019 in which gastric cancer was recorded as any cause of death (an underlying or associat...