Long-term results of gastric cancer screening using the serum pepsinogen test method among an asymptomatic middle-aged Japanese population: Original article

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-81

  Miki, Kazumasa ^a,b,c   Fujishiro, Mitsuhiro ^c,d   Kodashima, Shinya ^c,d   Yahagi, Naohisa ^c,e  

^a Diagnosis and Therapy for Gastric Cancer ^*  (Japan)

^b The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

^c Endoscopy Unit   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastric cancer; Mass screening; Serum pepsinogen

Indexed keywords

PEPSINOGEN I; PEPSINOGEN II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; EARLY CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PEPSINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STOMACH CANCER;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PEPSINOGEN A; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 62449095749     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2009.00839.x     Document Type: Article

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