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The same exposure gap shows up in cancer too, although the data there is less complete
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The most recent study on total B12 body count was also the study that found the lowest body stores (Bessent, 1980)
Additionally, the top five countries with the highest ASDR were: esophageal cancer (China, Lesotho, Greenland, Malawi, and Zimbabwe), gastric cancer (Mongolia, China, Kiribati, North Korea, and Kyrgyzstan), liver cancer (Mongolia, Tonga, Gambia, Vietnam, and Egypt), pancreatic cancer (Greenland, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, and Armenia), and colorectal cancer (Greenland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, and Uruguay) (Figure 1)