In 2008 in the United States, the estimated total incidence of pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma was 37,680. 1 About 40% to 50% of patients (up to approximately 19,000
patients) are diagnosed with localized disease, including potentially resectable disease (~
15%), with the remainder (~ 35%) having localized but inoperable tumors. The majority of
patients present with de novo metastatic disease. The most recent global data (from 2000)
indicate an annual incidence of 217,000 new cases with 213,000 deaths. 2 For the most …

The worldwide incidence of all gastric cancer is declining by approximately 2% per year, but
this positive finding is tempered by an increase in diagnosis of tumors of the gastric cardia,
which have a poorer prognosis than more distal cancers. 1 In the US, an estimated 21,500
cases were diagnosed in 2008, with just over 10,000 deaths from the disease expected. 2 In
Europe, gastric cancer was the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in 2006; almost
160,000 cases were recorded, resulting in more than 118,000 deaths, 3 despite a trend …