Endoscopic Screening and Surveillance for Gastric Cancer

Bokyung Kim; Soo-Jeong Cho

doi:10.1016/j.giec.2021.03.004

Endoscopic Screening and Surveillance for Gastric Cancer

Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;31(3):489-501. doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2021.03.004.

Authors

Bokyung Kim¹, Soo-Jeong Cho²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea. Electronic address: crystal522@daum.net.

PMID: 34053635
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2021.03.004

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Gastric cancer is a multifactorial disease, and the incidence varies widely by geographic region, with half of new cases occurring in East Asia. Population-based nationwide screening for gastric cancer has been implemented in some Eastern Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan. In these countries, endoscopic screening decreased gastric cancer mortality. Endoscopic screening seems to be a cost-effective modality in countries with high incidence of gastric cancer. However, the usefulness of population-based screening has not yet been proved in countries with low incidence of gastric cancer.

Keywords: Gastric cancer; Screening; Surveillance; Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Early Detection of Cancer
Endoscopy
Humans
Mass Screening
Republic of Korea / epidemiology
Stomach Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Stomach Neoplasms* / epidemiology