Current situation and future of gastric cancer screening examinations: from the viewpoint of gastric X-ray screening

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Abstract

In Japan, screening examinations for gastric cancer have been conducted for 50 years because of the high prevalence of this type of cancer. Gastric X-ray screening examinations have contributed to the detection early gastric cancer. In 2001, Hisamichi et al. reported that X-ray examination is a valid technique in gastric cancer screening. However, they indicated that problems in the uncertainty of accuracy and the risk of radiation exposure at a young age. On the other hand, endoscopic screening examination, pepsinogen-method and H. pylori method are not acceptable because of incident risk. Our future goals are to improve the precision of gastric X-ray examinations in cancer screening nationwide and to advocate for annual gastric screening examinations in higher risk groups. As a result, it is hoped that gastric cancer X-ray screening examinations can contribute to preventive medicine.

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Kitagawa, M. (2005). Current situation and future of gastric cancer screening examinations: from the viewpoint of gastric X-ray screening. Nippon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi, 61(6), 881–886. https://doi.org/10.6009/jjrt.KJ00003326851

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