Effectiveness of Gastric Cancer Screening on Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Community-Based Prospective Cohort

• Published in: Cancer research and treatment Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 582 - 589
• Main Authors: Kim, Heewon, Hwang, Yunji, Sung, Hokyung, Jang, Jieun, Ahn, Choonghyun, Kim, Sang Gyun, Yoo, Keun-Young, Park, Sue K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Korean Cancer Association 01.04.2018; 대한암학회
• Subjects: Original; 의약학; Gastrointestinal endoscopy; Gastroscopy; Mortality; Stomach neoplasms; Cohort studies

This study was performed to investigate the effectiveness of gastric cancer (GC) screening methods in a community-based prospective cohort of the Korean Multi-center Cancer Cohort (KMCC) with over a 10-year follow-up. A total 10,909 and 4,773 subjects from the KMCC with information on gastroendoscop...