Evaluation of gastric mass survey

The results of gastric mass survey during the 11-year period 1968-1978 were evaluated. The detection rate of gastric cancer was relatively high (0.22%) and that of early gastric cancer was surprisingly good (0.10%). The five-year survival rate (67%) accordingly was much higher than in Japanese out-p...

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Published inActa chirurgica Scandinavica Vol. 146; no. 3; p. 185
Main Authors Okui, K, Tejima, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sweden 1980
Subjects
Adult
Duodenal Ulcer - epidemiology
Humans
Japan
Mass Screening
Polyps - epidemiology
Stomach Diseases - epidemiology
Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology
Stomach Neoplasms - mortality
Stomach Neoplasms - surgery
Stomach Ulcer - epidemiology
Japan
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Summary:The results of gastric mass survey during the 11-year period 1968-1978 were evaluated. The detection rate of gastric cancer was relatively high (0.22%) and that of early gastric cancer was surprisingly good (0.10%). The five-year survival rate (67%) accordingly was much higher than in Japanese out-patients in general. Gastric mass survey therefore is useful for the early diagnosis of gastric cancer. Although some questions of a practical nature remain to be solved, improvement and extension of surveys seem ot promise a reduction in the death rate from gastric cancer.
ISSN:0001-5482