About Us

The Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project is a consortium of epidemiological studies of gastric cancer.

The project started in July 2012, based on a core group of 10 studies. Several investigators joined the project during the last few years, and the consortium now counts over 30 studies from different world areas.

The main aim of the StoP Project is to examine the role of several lifestyle and genetic determinants in the aetiology of gastric cancer, through pooled analyses of individual-level data, after central collection and validation of the original datasets.

V. 3.3 of the StoP Project harmonized database has been released in year 2021, including 34 studies and a total of 13,121 cases and 31,420 controls.

 
   

Paolo Boffetta, Stony Brook Cancer Center, New York, USA

paolo.boffetta@unibo.it

Maria Constanza Camargo, NCI, Rockville, MD, USA

maria.camargo@nih.gov

Maria Paula Curado, CIPE/A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil

mp.curado@accamargo.org.br

Nuno Lunet, Institute of Public Health, Univ. of Porto, Portugal

nlunet@med.up.pt

Jesus Vioque, Univ. Miguel Hernández de Elche, Alicante, Spain

vioque@umh.es

Zuo-Feng Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

zfzhang@ucla.edu

 
   

Claudio Pelucchi, Rossella Bonzi, Carlo La Vecchia (University of Milan, Italy), Eva Negri (University of Bologna)

stop.project@unimi.it

Publications

The full study design and presentation of the StoP Project have been described in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention:

  • The stomach cancer pooling (StoP) project: study design and presentation. Pelucchi C, Lunet N, Boccia S, Zhang ZF, Praud D, Boffetta P, Levi F, Matsuo K, Ito H, Hu J, Johnson KC, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Peleteiro B, Malekzadeh R, Derakhshan MH, Ye W, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Martín V, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Bellavia A, Orsini N, Wolk A, Mu L, Arzani D, Kurtz RC, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Muscat J, La Vecchia C, Negri E. Eur J Cancer Prev 2015 Jan;24(1):16-23. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000017. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24566154

Original articles based on pooled data of the StoP Project:

  • Alcohol consumption and gastric cancer risk-A pooled analysis within the StoP project consortium. Rota M, Pelucchi C, Bertuccio P, Matsuo K, Zhang ZF, Ito H, Hu J, Johnson KC, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Muscat J, Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Ye W, Song H, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Guevara M, Fernández-Villa T, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Wolk A, Orsini N, Bellavia A, Håkansson N, Mu L, Persiani R, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Galeone C, Bonzi R, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Int J Cancer. 2017 Nov 15;141(10):1950-1962. doi:10.1002/ijc.30891. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2871891
  • Cigarette smoking and gastric cancer in the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Praud D, Rota M, Pelucchi C, Bertuccio P, Rosso T, Galeone C, Zhang ZF, Matsuo K, Ito H, Hu J, Johnson KC, Yu GP, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Muscat J, Lunet N, Peleteiro B, Malekzadeh R, Ye W, Song H, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Wolk A, Orsini N, Bellavia A, Håkansson N, Mu L, Pastorino R, Kurtz RC, Derakhshan MH, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2018 Mar;27(2):124-133. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000290. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27560662
  • Tobacco smoking and gastric cancer: meta-analyses of published data versus pooled analyses of individual participant data (StoP Project). Ferro A, Morais S, Rota M, Pelucchi C, Bertuccio P, Bonzi R, Galeone C, Zhang ZF, Matsuo K, Ito H, Hu J, Johnson KC, Yu GP, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Muscat J, Malekzadeh R, Ye W, Song H, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Wolk A, Orsini N, Bellavia A, Håkansson N, Mu L, Pastorino R, Kurtz RC, Derakhshan MH, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2018 May;27(3):197-204. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000401. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29595756
  • Alcohol intake and gastric cancer: Meta-analyses of published data versus individual participant data pooled analyses (StoP Project). Ferro A, Morais S, Rota M, Pelucchi C, Bertuccio P, Bonzi R, Galeone C, Zhang ZF, Matsuo K, Ito H, Hu J, Johnson KC, Yu GP, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Muscat J, Malekzadeh R, Ye W, Song H, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Fernández de Larrea N, Kogevinas M, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Wolk A, Orsini N, Bellavia A, Håkansson N, Mu L, Pastorino R, Kurtz RC, Derakhshan MH, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Jun;54:125-132. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2018.04.009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29727805
  • Sex differences in the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection: an individual participant data pooled analysis (StoP Project). Ferro A, Morais S, Pelucchi C, Dierssen-Sotos T, Martín V, López-Carrillo L, Malekzadeh R, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Pourfarzi F, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Pakseresht M, Ye W, Plymoth A, Leja M, Gasenko E, Derakhshan MH, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 May;31(5):593-598. doi:10.1097/meg.0000000000001389. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30839435
  • Citrus fruit intake and gastric cancer: The stomach cancer pooling (StoP) project consortium. Bertuccio P, Alicandro G, Rota M, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Galeone C, Bravi F, Johnson KC, Hu J, Palli D, Ferraroni M, López-Carrillo L, Lunet N, Ferro A, Malekzadeh R, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Munoz EM, Pakseresht M, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Ward M, Pourfarzi F, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Zhang ZF, Kurtz RC, Lagiou P, Lagiou A, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Int J Cancer. 2019 Jun 15;144(12):2936-2944. doi:10.1002/ijc.32046. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30521095
  • Smoking and Helicobacter pylori infection: an individual participant pooled analysis (Stomach Cancer Pooling- StoP Project). Ferro A, Morais S, Pelucchi C, Aragonés N, Kogevinas M, López-Carrillo L, Malekzadeh R, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Pourfarzi F, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Pakseresht M, Ye W, Plymoth A, Leja M, Gasenko E, Derakhshan MH, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Peleteiro B, Lunet N. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2019 Sep;28(5):390-396. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000471. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30272597
  • Education and gastric cancer risk-An individual participant data meta-analysis in the StoP project consortium. Rota M, Alicandro G, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Bertuccio P, Hu J, Zhang ZF, Johnson KC, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Galeone C, López-Carrillo L, Muscat J, Lunet N, Ferro A, Ye W, Plymoth A, Malekzadeh R, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Kogevinas M, Fernández de Larrea N, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Pakseresht M, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Ward M, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Int J Cancer. 2020 Feb 1;146(3):671-681. doi:10.1002/ijc.32298. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30919464
  • Occupational exposures and odds of gastric cancer: a StoP project consortium pooled analysis. Shah SC, Boffetta P, Johnson KC, Hu J, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Munoz EM, Zhang ZF, Mu L, Boccia S, Pastorino R, Kurtz RC, Rota M, Bonzi R, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Pelucchi C, Hashim D. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):422-434. doi:10.1093/ije/dyz263. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31965145
  • Meat intake and risk of gastric cancer in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) project. Ferro A, Rosato V, Rota M, Costa AR, Morais S, Pelucchi C, Johnson KC, Hu J, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Zhang ZF, Bonzi R, Yu GP, Peleteiro B, López-Carrillo L, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Munoz EM, Aragonés N, Martín V, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Bertuccio P, Ward MH, Malekzadeh R, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, López-Cervantes M, Persiani R, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, Camargo MC, Curado MP, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Int J Cancer. 2020 Jul 1;147(1):45-55. doi:10.1002/ijc.32707. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31584199
  • Polyphenol Intake and Gastric Cancer Risk: Findings from the Stomach Cancer Pooling Project (StoP). Vitelli-Storelli F, Rossi M, Pelucchi C, Rota M, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Lunet N, Morais S, López-Carrillo L, Zaridze DG, Maximovich D, Rubín García M, Castaño-Vinyals G, Aragonés N, Garcia de la Hera M, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Negri E, Bonzi R, Ward MH, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, López-Cervantes M, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Zhang ZF, Vioque J, La Vecchia C, Martín Sánchez V. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Oct 20;12(10)doi:10.3390/cancers12103064. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33092262
  • Fruits and vegetables intake and gastric cancer risk: A pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling Project. Ferro A, Costa AR, Morais S, Bertuccio P, Rota M, Pelucchi C, Hu J, Johnson KC, Zhang ZF, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Bonzi R, Peleteiro B, López-Carrillo L, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Malekzadeh R, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Vioque J, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Alguacil J, Castaño-Vinyals G, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Pakseresht M, Ward MH, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, López-Cervantes M, Persiani R, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Boccia S, Negri E, Camargo MC, Curado MP, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Int J Cancer. 2020 Dec 1;147(11):3090-3101. doi:10.1002/ijc.33134. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32525569/
  • Family History and Gastric Cancer Risk: A Pooled Investigation in the Stomach Cancer Pooling (STOP) Project Consortium. Vitelli-Storelli F, Rubín-García M, Pelucchi C, Benavente Y, Bonzi R, Rota M, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Lunet N, Morais S, Ye W, Plymoth A, Malekzadeh R, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Zaridze DG, Maximovich D, Vioque J, García-de-la-Hera M, Zhang ZF, Shigueaki Hamada G, Pakseresht M, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Boccia S, Pastorino R, Yu GP, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Martín V. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Jul 30;13(15)doi:10.3390/cancers13153844. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34359744/
  • Exploring the interactions between Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection and other risk factors of gastric cancer: A pooled analysis in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Collatuzzo G, Pelucchi C, Negri E, López-Carrillo L, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Shigueaki Hamada G, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Malekzadeh R, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Zhang ZF, Lunet N, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Int J Cancer. 2021 Sep 15;149(6):1228-1238. doi:10.1002/ijc.33678. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33990950/
  • Identifying the Profile of Helicobacter pylori-Negative Gastric Cancers: A Case-Only Analysis within the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Morais S, Peleteiro B, Araújo N, Malekzadeh R, Ye W, Plymoth A, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, López-Carrillo L, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Aragonés N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Pakseresht M, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Leja M, Gasenko E, Pourfarzi F, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Derakhshan MH, Pelucchi C, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Jan;31(1):200-209. doi:10.1158/1055-9965. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34728467/
  • Coffee consumption and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis from the Stomach cancer Pooling Project consortium. Martimianaki G, Bertuccio P, Alicandro G, Pelucchi C, Bravi F, Carioli G, Bonzi R, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, Johnson K, Hu J, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Lunet N, Morais S, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, López-Carrillo L, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Martin V, Ward MH, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Zhang ZF, Kurtz RC, Lagiou P, Lagiou A, Trichopoulou A, Karakatsani A, Malekzadeh R, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Boccia S, Boffetta P, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2022 Mar 1;31(2):117-127. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000680. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34545022/
  • The association between diabetes and gastric cancer: results from the Stomach Cancer Pooling Project Consortium. Dabo B, Pelucchi C, Rota M, Jain H, Bertuccio P, Bonzi R, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Zhang ZF, Sanchez-Anguiano A, Thi-Hai Pham Y, Thi-Du Tran C, Gia Pham A, Yu GP, Nguyen TC, Muscat J, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Kogevinas M, Fernàndez de Larrea N, Boccia S, Pastorino R, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Vioque J, Camargo MC, Paula Curado M, Lunet N, Boffetta P, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Luu HN. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2022 May 1;31(3):260-269. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000703. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34183534/
  • Salt intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Morais S, Costa A, Albuquerque G, Araújo N, Pelucchi C, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, Zhang ZF, Hu J, Johnson KC, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Bonzi R, Yu GP, López-Carrillo L, Malekzadeh R, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Vioque J, de la Hera MG, Moreno V, Vanaclocha-Espi M, Ward MH, Pakseresht M, Hernández-Ramirez RU, López-Cervantes M, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Kurtz RC, Boccia S, Pastorino R, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Lunet N. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 May;33(5):779-791. doi:10.1007/s10552-022-01565-y. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35304655/
  • Allium vegetables intake and the risk of gastric cancer in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Dalmartello M, Turati F, Zhang ZF, Lunet N, Rota M, Bonzi R, Galeone C, Martimianaki G, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Morais S, Malekzadeh R, López-Carrillo L, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragonés N, Fernández-Tardón G, Martin V, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Curado MP, Coimbra FJF, Assumpcao P, Pakseresht M, Hu J, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Ward MH, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Lagiou P, Lagiou A, Trichopoulou A, Karakatsani A, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Pelucchi C. Br J Cancer. 2022 Jun;126(12):1755-1764. doi:10.1038/s41416-022-01750-5. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35210588/
  • "True" Helicobacter pylori infection and non-cardia gastric cancer: A pooled analysis within the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Morais S, Costa A, Albuquerque G, Araújo N, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, Ye W, Plymoth A, Leja M, Gasenko E, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Malekzadeh R, Derakhshan MH, Pelucchi C, Negri E, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Vioque J, Zhang ZF, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P, Lunet N. Helicobacter. 2022 Jun;27(3):e12883. doi:10.1111/hel.12883. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35235224/
  • Inverse Association between Dietary Iron Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies of the Stop Consortium. Collatuzzo G, Teglia F, Pelucchi C, Negri E, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, López-Carrillo L, Lunet N, Morais S, Aragonés N, Moreno V, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Ward MH, Malekzadeh R, Pakseresht M, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Bonzi R, Dalmartello M, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Zhang ZF, Zubair N, La Vecchia C, Shah S, Boffetta P. Nutrients. 2022 Jun 20;14(12)doi:10.3390/nu14122555. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35745285/
  • Peptic ulcer as mediator of the association between risk of gastric cancer and socioeconomic status, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and salt intake. Collatuzzo G, Alicandro G, Bertuccio P, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Ye W, Plymoth A, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Aragones N, Castaño-Vinyals G, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Zhang ZF, Hu J, Lopez-Carrillo L, López-Cervantes M, Dalmartello M, Mu L, Ward MH, Rabkin C, Yu GP, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2022 Jul 13;doi:10.1136/jech-2022-219074. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35831132/
  • Tea consumption and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis from the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project consortium. Martimianaki G, Alicandro G, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Rota M, Hu J, Johnson KC, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, Zhang ZF, Dalmartello M, Lunet N, Morais S, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Yu GP, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Curado MP, Dias-Neto E, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, López-Carrillo L, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Hamada GS, Ward MH, Mu L, Malekzadeh R, Pourfarzi F, Trichopoulou A, Karakatsani A, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boccia S, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Negri E, La Vecchia C. Br J Cancer. 2022 Sep;127(4):726-734. doi:10.1038/s41416-022-01856-w. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35610368/
  • The mediating role of combined lifestyle factors on the relationship between education and gastric cancer in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Alicandro G, Bertuccio P, Collatuzzo G, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Liao LM, Rabkin CS, Sinha R, Negri E, Dalmartello M, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, López-Carrillo L, Hernández-Ramírez RU, Malekzadeh R, Pourfarzi F, Zhang ZF, Kurtz RC, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C. Br J Cancer. 2022 Sep;127(5):855-862. doi:10.1038/s41416-022-01857-9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35624300/
  • The Association between Peptic Ulcer Disease and Gastric Cancer: Results from the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project Consortium. Paragomi P, Dabo B, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Bako AT, Sanusi NM, Nguyen QH, Zhang ZF, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Vu KT, Yu GP, Turati F, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Hu J, Mu L, Boccia S, Pastorino R, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, Vioque J, Boffetta P, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Luu HN. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Oct 7;14(19)doi:10.3390/cancers14194905. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36230828/
  • Chronic metformin intake and gastric cancer: A pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Sassano M, Mariani M, Pelucchi C, Vicente M, Pinto-Carbó M, Lunet N, Morais S, La Vecchia C, Pastorino R, Boccia S. Cancer Epidemiol. 2022 Dec;81:102286. doi:10.1016/j.canep.2022.102286. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36327926/
  • Yoghurt Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 16 Studies of the StoP Consortium. Collatuzzo G, Negri E, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Turati F, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, Palli D, Ferraroni M, López-Carrillo L, Lunet N, Morais S, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Parisi D, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Dierssen-Sotos T, Jiménez-Moleón JJ, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Curado MP, Dias-Neto E, Hernández-Ramírez RU, López-Cervantes M, Ward MH, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Zhang ZF, Trichopoulou A, Karakatsani A, Camargo MC, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Nutrients. 2023 Apr 13;15(8)doi:10.3390/nu15081877. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37111097/
  • Adult height and risk of gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling Project. Giraldi L, Stojanovic J, Arzani D, Persiani R, Hu J, Johnson KC, Zhang ZF, Ferraroni M, Palli D, Yu GP, La Vecchia C, Pelucchi C, Lunet N, Ferro A, Malekzadeh R, Muscat J, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Aragones N, Martin V, Vioque J, Navarrete-Munoz EM, Pakseresht M, Negri E, Rota M, Pourfarzi F, Mu L, Kurtz RC, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Pastorino R, Boccia S. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2023 May 1;32(3):215-221. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000613. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32925512
  • Mushroom consumption and risk of gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the stomach cancer pooling project and a combined meta-analysis with other observational studies. Ba DM, Ssentongo P, Pelucchi C, Negri E, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Hamada GS, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Obón-Santacana M, Álvarez-Álvarez L, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, López-Carrillo L, López-Cervantes M, Mu L, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, La Vecchia C, Muscat J. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2023 May 1;32(3):222-228. doi:10.1097/cej.0000000000000754. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36912187/
  • Leisure-time physical activity and gastric cancer risk: A pooled study within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Mariani M, Pastorino R, Pires Marafon D, Johnson KC, Hu J, Molina de la Torre AJ, Fernández-Tardón G, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Zhang ZF, Kurtz RC, Pelucchi C, Rota M, Boccia S. PLoS One. 2023 Jul 12;18(7):e0286958. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0286958. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37437057/
  • Sleep Duration and Stress Level in the Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies in the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Collatuzzo G, Pelucchi C, Negri E, Kogevinas M, Huerta JM, Vioque J, de la Hera MG, Tsugane S, Shigueaki Hamada G, Hidaka A, Zhang ZF, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Aug 29;15(17)doi:10.3390/cancers15174319. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37686594/
  • Intake of Proton-Pump Inhibitors and Gastric Cancer within the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Sassano M, Mariani M, Pelucchi C, Lunet N, Morais S, Martín V, Moreno V, Curado MP, Dias-Neto E, Leja M, Gašenko E, La Vecchia C, Boccia S, Pastorino R. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2023 Sep 1;32(9):1174-1181. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.Epi-23-0241. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37364052/
  • Reproductive factors, hormonal interventions, and gastric cancer risk in the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Song M, Jayasekara H, Pelucchi C, Rabkin CS, Johnson KC, Hu J, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Liao LM, Bonzi R, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Aragones N, Martin V, Castano-Vinyals G, Guevara M, Tsugane S, Hamada GS, Hidaka A, Negri E, Ward MH, Sinha R, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Boffetta P, Curado MP, Lunet N, Vioque J, Zhang ZF, La Vecchia C, Camargo MC. Cancer Causes Control. 2023 Dec 20;doi:10.1007/s10552-023-01829-1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38123742/
  • The global gastric cancer consortium: an update from the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) project. Pelucchi C, La Vecchia C, Bonzi R, Negri E, Corso G, Boccia S, Boffetta P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Lunet N, Vioque J, Zhang ZF, Sto PPWG. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2024 Feb 20;doi:10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000874. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38373049/
  • Dietary intake of vitamin C and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Sassano M, Seyyedsalehi MS, Collatuzzo G, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Ferraroni M, Palli D, Yu GP, Zhang ZF, Lopez-Carrillo L, Lunet N, Morais S, Zaridze D, Maximovich D, Martin V, Castano-Vinyals G, Vioque J, Gonzalez-Palacios S, Ward MH, Malekzadeh R, Pakseresht M, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Lopez-Cervantes M, Negri E, Turati F, Rabkin CS, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Lagiou A, Lagiou P, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Boccia S, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Gastric Cancer. 2024 Mar 4;doi:10.1007/s10120-024-01476-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/384367/
  • Dietary intake of copper and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis within the Stomach cancer Pooling (StoP) Project. Sassano M, Collatuzzo G, Seyyedsalehi MS, Pelucchi C, Bonzi R, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Lunet N, Morais S, Lopez-Carrillo L, Malekzadeh R, Pakseresht M, Lopez-Cervantes M, Ward MH, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Vioque J, Zhang ZF, Boccia S, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Apr 11;53(3)doi:10.1093/ije/dyae059. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38670544/

  • The association between dietary fiber intake and gastric cancer: a pooled analysis of 11 case-control studies. Collatuzzo G, Cortez Lainez J, Pelucchi C, Negri E, Bonzi R, Palli D, Ferraroni M, Zhang ZF, Yu GP, Lunet N, Morais S, Lopez-Carrillo L, Zaridze D, Maximovitch D, Guevara M, Santos-Sanchez V, Vioque J, Garcia de la Hera M, Ward MH, Malekzadeh R, Pakseresht M, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Turati F, Rabkin CS, Liao LM, Sinha R, Lopez-Cervantes M, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Zubair N, Kristjansson D, Shah S, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P. Eur J Nutr. 2024 Apr 30;doi:10.1007/s00394-024-03388-w. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38687390

  • The protective effect of dietary folate intake on gastric cancer is modified by alcohol consumption: A pooled analysis of the StoP Consortium. Gonzalez-Palacios S, Compan-Gabucio LM, Torres-Collado L, Oncina-Canovas A, Garcia-de-la-Hera M, Collatuzzo G, Negri E, Pelucchi C, Rota M, Lopez-Carrillo L, Lunet N, Morais S, Ward MH, Martin V, Lozano-Lorca M, Malekzadeh R, Pakseresht M, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Bonzi R, Patel L, Lopez-Cervantes M, Rabkin CS, Tsugane S, Hidaka A, Trichopoulou A, Karakatsani A, Camargo MC, Curado MP, Zhang ZF, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P, Vioque J. Int J Cancer. 2024 May 16;doi:10.1002/ijc.35004 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38757245

Join

The StoP Project is a consortium of epidemiological studies of gastric cancer.
Inclusion criteria for study participation are:

  • case-control study design, including nested case-control and case-cohort derived from cohort studies;
  • inclusion of at least 80 cases of incident, histologically confirmed gastric cancer (including both cardia and non-cardia location).

Investigators interested in joining the consortium, or requiring further information, should write an e-mail to:
stop.project@unimi.it

or contact:

Dr. Eva Negri
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
University of Bologna
Bologna – 40138, Italy
e-mail: eva.negri@unibo.it
 
Dr. Claudio Pelucchi
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health
University of Milan
Milan – 20133, Italy
e-mail: claudio.pelucchi@unimi.it

Contacts

For any information regarding the StoP Project consortium, please write an e-mail to:
stop.project@unimi.it