In Japan, the trend toward a decrease in the number of deaths due to gastric cancer has ended

Yoshiharu Uno, MD, PhD.

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On December 7, 2018,
the number of gastric cancer deaths in Japan in 2017 was reported from the National Cancer Center in Japan.

Compared with 2016, the number of decreases was 300 people. It was a slight decrease of 0.66%. The population of Japan decreased about 1% during the same period.

Namely, the mortality rate of gastric cancer has not changed.

In Japan, eradication of Helicobacter pylori has been done to more than 18 million people. Until  now, over 200 billion yen in government expenses were spent.

However, there is no effect of reducing the death number of gastric cancer in Japan.