Burden of digestive system neoplasms in middle-aged and elderly adults: Temporal trends and geographic disparities (1990–2021)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 20; no. 8; p. e0330259
• Main Authors: Chai, Yinying, Xu, Tinghui, Chen, Bihua, Wu, Yi, He, Yibo, Qiu, Shengliang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 21.08.2025; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adults; Age groups; Alcohol use; Analysis; Biliary tract; Biliary tract diseases; Biology and Life Sciences; Colon; Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Diet; Digestive system; Digestive system cancer; Disease prevention; East Asia; Esophageal cancer; Estimates; Exercise; Food habits; Gallbladder; Gallbladder cancer; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer; Geriatrics; Intestine; Japan; Liver; Liver cancer; Meat; Mediation; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolic disorders; Middle age; Mortality; Neoplasms; Older people; Pancreatic cancer; Populations; Public health; Quality of life; Rectum; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Smoking; South Asia; Statistical methods; Stomach; Stomach cancer; Tobacco; Trends; Tumors; East Asia; Japan; South Asia

This study aims to comprehensively analyze the temporal trends and geographic disparities in the burden of seven digestive system neoplasms-esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, colon and rectum cancer, liver cancer, gallbladder and biliary tract cancer, pancreatic cancer, and benign and in situ intest...