Reduction of gastric cancer mortality by endoscopic and radiographic screening in an isolated island: A retrospective cohort study

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 319-324

  Matsumoto, Satohiro ^a   Ishikawa, Shizukiyo ^a   Yoshida, Yukio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gastric cancer; Mass screening; Mortality; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84888865692     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12064     Document Type: Article

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