The global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

• Published in: The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2019
• Subjects: Article; Greenland; Uis; Uruguay
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7026711/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31648972; https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30347-4

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, both the incidence and death rates of pancreatic cancer are increasing. Evaluation of pancreatic cancer burden and its global, regional, and national patterns is crucial to policy making and better resource allocation for controlling pancreatic cancer risk factors, developing...