Open AccessEffectiveness of gastric cancer screening programs in South Korea: Organizedvsopportunistic models
Author(s) -
Beom Jin Kim,
Chae Heo,
Byoung Kwon Kim,
Jae Yeol Kim,
Jae Gyu Kim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i5.736
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , incidence (geometry) , cancer screening , population , gastroenterology , demography , surgery , physics , environmental health , sociology , optics
To investigate the outcome and effectiveness of two screening programs, National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) and opportunistic screening (OS), for the detection of gastric cancer.