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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Dec 15, 2019; 11(12): 1151-1160
Published online Dec 15, 2019. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i12.1151
Published online Dec 15, 2019. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i12.1151
Asian Americans have better outcomes of non-metastatic gastric cancer compared to other United States racial groups: A secondary analysis from a randomized study
Omar Abdel-Rahman, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Author contributions: Abdel-Rahman O made the conception, analysis and writing of the manuscript.
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Conflict-of-interest statement: The author has no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: Dataset of the current study is available upon request from the online platform (Project Data Sphere): https://projectdatasphere.org/projectdatasphere/html/home
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Corresponding author: Omar Abdel-Rahman, MBChB, Academic Fellow, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta and Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T2N4C2, Canada. omar.abdelsalam@ahs.ca
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Received: March 4, 2019
Peer-review started: March 4, 2019
First decision: July 31, 2019
Revised: September 18, 2019
Accepted: October 14, 2019
Article in press: October 14, 2019
Published online: December 15, 2019
Peer-review started: March 4, 2019
First decision: July 31, 2019
Revised: September 18, 2019
Accepted: October 14, 2019
Article in press: October 14, 2019
Published online: December 15, 2019
Core Tip
Core tip: Asian American patients with non-metastatic gastric cancer have better overall and disease-free survival compared to other racial groups in the United States. These findings are thought-provoking for the potential biological mechanisms underlying this observation as well as the potential therapeutic implications of these findings.