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World J Clin Oncol. Oct 24, 2025; 16(10): 110246
Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.110246
Published online Oct 24, 2025. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v16.i10.110246
Subnational situation and public awareness of cancer control in China
Zhuo-Yu Li, Xin-Zu Chen, SIGES Research Group, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Yuan Yang, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hernia Surgery, Second Yibin People’s Hospi
Rui Wang, Department of Gastroenterology, Nursing Section, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Xin-Zu Chen, Ya’an Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Ya’an People’s Hospital - West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University, Ya'an 625000, Sichuan Province, China
Xin-Zu Chen, Ya’an Key Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine, Ya’an People’s Hospital - West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University, Ya'an 625000, Sichuan Province, China
Co-first authors: Zhuo-Yu Li and Yuan Yang.
Co-corresponding authors: Rui Wang and Xin-Zu Chen.
Author contributions: Li ZY and Yang Y was responsible for literature review, analysis, interpretation, and manuscript writing; Wang R served as a principal investigator of the SIGES project team, and provided academic guidance and interpretation; Chen XZ served as a principal investigator of the SIGES project team, overseeing project initiation, analysis interpretation, manuscript writing, and academic guidance. Li ZY and Yang Y contributed equally to this work as co-first authors. Wang R and Chen XZ are principal investigators of the Sichuan Gastric Cancer Early Detection and Screening (SIGES) research group, which aims to investigate and improve gastric cancer prevention, massive or opportunistic screening strategy and relevant health policy support. These two authors collaborated in the overlapped research perspectives and simultaneously contributed to conception, literature work, interpretation and academic inspection of the present mini-review. The co-correspondence indicates that both Wang R and Chen XZ are independently and equally available to answer and communicate with readers for relevant concerns of the present mini-review or potential collaboration with certain investigators or SIGES research group.
Supported by Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China, No. 23ZDYF0839; Medical Research Project of Yibin Health Commission, No. 2021-34; Ya'an Science and Technology Plan of Economic and Social Development (Health Field), No. 2024-1; and Ya’an Philosophic and Social Science Research Plan, No. YAA20240035.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Xin-Zu Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. chenxinzu@scu.edu.cn
Received: June 3, 2025
Revised: June 15, 2025
Accepted: September 19, 2025
Published online: October 24, 2025
Processing time: 143 Days and 16.4 Hours
Revised: June 15, 2025
Accepted: September 19, 2025
Published online: October 24, 2025
Processing time: 143 Days and 16.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Substantial progress has been achieved in the cancer control in China in the past decades, but the detection rate of early stage is low. Subnational cancer control in China has diverse and specific features, and there is urban-rural disparity and mortality rate is higher in rural population. Awareness of cancer control both among healthcare providers and the public needs to be enhanced through medical and public health education.