A Community-Based, Case-Control Study Evaluating Mortality Reduction from Gastric Cancer by Endoscopic Screening in Japan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 11; p. e79088
• Main Authors: Hamashima, Chisato, Ogoshi, Kazuei, Okamoto, Mikizo, Shabana, Michiko, Kishimoto, Takuji, Fukao, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.11.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analysis; Cancer; Cancer research; Cancer screening; Case studies; Case-Control Studies; Communities; Confidence intervals; Diagnosis; Disease control; Early Detection of Cancer; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Female; Gastric cancer; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Model matching; Mortality; Odds Ratio; Population studies; Regression analysis; Regression models; Screening; Statistical analysis; Stomach cancer; Stomach Neoplasms - diagnosis; Stomach Neoplasms - mortality; Studies; Womens health; Japan; Asia

Although the incidence of gastric cancer has decreased in the last 3 decades, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. In Asian countries, the burden of gastric cancer has remained, and cancer screening is normally expected to reduce gastric cancer death. We conducted a communi...