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The prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) cancers shows a marked geographical variation. These differences can be attributed to many factors including lifestyle, genetics and infection. Globally, colorectum, stomach and liver are the third, fourth and fifth most commonly diagnosed cancers in males, colorectum being the second most common in females [1].
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Deodhar, K. (2018). Pathology of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer. In: Purandare, N., Shah, S. (eds) PET/CT in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Malignancies. Clinicians’ Guides to Radionuclide Hybrid Imaging(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60507-4_2
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