Burden and Future Trends of Gastric Cancer in 5 East Asian Countries From 1990 to 2036: Epidemiological Study Analysis Using the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2021

Tianhao Guo   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MD ;   Tingting Zhou   ^{4 *} , MD ;   Wenjie Zhu   ^{1 *} , BD ;   Yumo Yuan   ^{5 *} , BD ;   Yifan Hui   ² , MD ;   Wenjian Zhu   ² , MD ;   Weixing Shen   ² , PhD, MD ;   Liu Li   ² , PhD, MD ;   Wei Wei   ⁴ , PhD, MD ;   Haibo Cheng   ^{2, 6} , PhD, MD ;   Xiaoyu Wu   ¹ , PhD, MD

¹ Department of Surgical Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

² Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, The First Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

³ Institute of Health and Regimen, Jiangsu Open University, Nanjing, China

⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Wangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

⁵ School of Elderly Care Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

⁶ Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

*these authors contributed equally