Pitfalls of Advanced Endoscopy Technologies in Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 118; no. 2; pp. 371 - 372
• Main Authors: Ishii, Naoki, Yano, Takahiko, Shiratori, Yasutoshi, Omata, Fumio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Colonoscopy; Early Detection of Cancer; Endoscopy; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Fishing equipment; Gastric cancer; Gastroenterology; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Humans; Infections; Medical screening; Public health; Tumors; Japan

The prevalence of H. pylori infection has been decreasing in Japan (4), and mass screening using endoscopy will become less cost-effective and a greater burden due to low PPV and high false positivity. Because the incidence of gastric cancer was different according to H. pylori infection and H. pylo...