Gastric cancer screening using the serum pepsinogen test method

• Published in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 245 - 253
• Main Author: Miki, Kazumasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Nature B.V 01.11.2006
• Subjects: False Positive Reactions; Gastric cancer; Humans; Mass Screening - methods; Oncology; Pepsinogen A - blood; Pepsinogen C - blood; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stomach Neoplasms - blood; Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis
• ISSN: 1436-3291; 1436-3305
• DOI: 10.1007/s10120-006-0397-0

The current status of gastric cancer screening, worldwide, as well as in Japan, using the serum pepsinogen test method, was reviewed. We performed a metaanalysis of sensitivity and specificity results from 42 individual studies (27 population-based screening studies: n = 296 553 and 15 selected grou...