PMID: 8992732Jan 1, 1996Paper

Fiber gastroscopy as the first stage in screening for diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract

Vestnik khirurgii imeni I. I. Grekova
A G KorotkevichL V Remorova

Abstract

The article presents data of 284 out of 3400 endoscopic investigations as a method of primary examination in screening of pathology of the upper parts of the gastro-intestinal tract. They show advantages of screening gastroscopy over multistage screening investigations and generally accepted clinico-instrumental tests in forming the groups of risk in oncology and surgical gastroenterology.

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