title: Epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer--the Nigerian setting in view.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastric cancer is the 5th most common cancer globally and the 3rd most common killer cancer, although in Nigeria it is the 9th most common cancer with a dismal prognosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the epidemiological and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer in Nigeria in the last two decades.
  
  
  METHODS
  Original articles and review articles published about gastric cancer in Nigeria in the last two decades were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most studies that have been done on gastric cancer in Nigeria, and which have been included in this review are hospital-based studies. With the exception of the lower prevalence of the disease and the younger peak age prevalence of gastric cancer in the Nigerian population, the epidemiological and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer are similar to those from other populations. Also, there has been an improvement in the overall survival of gastric cancer in Nigeria over the last three decades.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of gastric cancer in the Nigerian population has remained relatively low over the decades while it continues to share similar mode of presentation with other populations, with some improvement in prognosis.
authors: Ebili Henry
authors: EH
authors: Okuchukwu
authors: Oluwasola Abideen
authors: OA
authors: Olayiwola
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*