Mortality reduction from gastric cancer by endoscopic and radiographic screening

• Published in: Cancer science Vol. 106; no. 12; pp. 1744 - 1749
• Main Authors: Hamashima, Chisato, Shabana, Michiko, Okada, Katsuo, Okamoto, Mikizo, Osaki, Yoneatsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.2015; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cancer screening; Cities; Cohort analysis; Cohort study; Death; Endoscopy; Endoscopy, Digestive System; Female; Gastric cancer; gastric cancer screening; Humans; Incidence; Male; Mass Screening - methods; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Mortality; mortality reduction; Original; Participation; Population studies; Proportional Hazards Models; Radiography; Radiography, Abdominal; Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Studies; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy; upper gastrointestinal X‐ray; Japan; gastric cancer screening; mortality reduction; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy; upper gastrointestinal X-ray; Cohort study

To evaluate mortality reduction from gastric cancer by endoscopic screening, we undertook a population‐based cohort study in which both radiographic and endoscopic screenings for gastric cancer have been carried out. The subjects were selected from the participants of gastric cancer screening in two...