Beom Jae Lee

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1 Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) was the main type of cancer (17.4% of all cancer cases) in all ages of male population and the second most common cancer (14.2% of all cancer cases) in all ages of female population in Slovakia in 2020 (1). It is unflattering that Slovakia had globally the highest overall mortality rate from CRC in 2020 with age-standardized rate of 21.0 per 100,000 residents (2).

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Jin Sung Koh, Moon Kyung Joo , Jong-Jae Park, Beom Jae Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Sang Woo Lee, You-Jin Jang, Young-Jae Mok Jin Sung Koh, Moon Kyung Joo, Jong-Jae Park, Beom Jae Lee, Hoon Jai Chun, Sang Woo Lee, You-Jin Jang, Young-Jae Mok Published: September 27, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223284 Figures Abstract Previous studies reported substantial differences between proximal and distal gastric cancer, however, most of...