Outcomes and Efficiency of National Gastric Cancer Screening Program in Korea
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Outcomes and efficiency of national gastric cancer screening program in Korea: Single-center, large-scale study.
29 Background: Gastric cancer is a major cause of death and a substantial socioeconomic burden in Korea. The National Cancer Screening Program for Medicaid recipients was initiated in 1999 and has contributed to reduction of cancer-related mortality in Korea. Endoscopy may be cost-effective screening tool in Korea, where the cost of endoscopy and UGIS are similar and the incidence of gastric ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1738-3331
DOI: 10.7704/kjhugr.2013.13.2.95