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Japanese Gastric Cancer Association  

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  • THE JAPANESE GASTRIC Cancer Association (JGCA) is a scientific association that promotes basic and clinical research on gastric cancer. It was established in 1962 as the Japanese Research Society for Gastric Cancer; at that time it was a closed association whose membership consisted of 352 Japanese organizations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Japanese Gastric Cancer Association]

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