| Theme | Gastric Cancer Screening -- Present Status and Uprising High-risk Strategy | |
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| Title | Screening Endoscopy for Gastric Cancer -- Update of Method and Difficulties | |
| Publish Date | 2008/03 | |
| Author | Takahiro Kozu | Cancer Screening Division, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Yasuo Kakugawa | Cancer Screening Division, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Hiroko Shoda | Cancer Screening Division, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Yukio Muramatsu | Cancer Screening Division, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Noriyuki Moriyama | Director, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Author | Daizo Saito | Endoscopy Division, National Cancer Center Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | Screening endoscopy for gastric cancer has not been recognized a as method for organized screening. There are several problems with this technology such as safety, difficulty for patients and medical staffs, expense (more than treatments necessitated by lack of screening), labor intensive, low processing efficiently. On the other hand, the demand for screening endoscopy has increased because of its high precision including biopsies, and for opportunistic screening. However, complete methodology has not been determined for things such as informed consent, preparation, sedation, observation, and photographing. Therefore, standardization of screening methods is very important. Safer techniques for endoscopists to create new technology with higher processing efficiently are required to provide adequate numbers of screenings. |
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