Decreased death from gastric cancer by endoscopic screening: Association with a population-based cancer registry

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1112-1115

  Hosokawa, Osamu ^a   Miyanaga, Tamon ^a   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^a   Hattori, Masakazu ^a   Dohden, Kenji ^a   Ohta, Kouji ^a   Itou, Yoshitaka ^a   Aoyagi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Death rate; Endoscopy; Gastric cancer; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 49949095328     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802085395     Document Type: Article

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