Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, occurs when cancer cells form in the
lining of the stomach.
For EU-27 countries it is estimated that stomach cancer accounted in 2020 for
2.8% of all new cancer diagnoses (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers) and
4.1% of all deaths due to cancer. That made it the tenth most frequently occurring
cancer, and the seventh leading cause of cancer death.JRC.F.1 - Health in Societ
