Population-based X-ray gastric cancer screening in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
Nhu Thi Hanh Vu, Yuji Urabe, Duc Trong Quach, Shiro Oka, Toru Hiyama
Nhu Thi Hanh Vu, Duc Trong Quach, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh 700000, Viet Nam
Nhu Thi Hanh Vu, Department of Endoscopy, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Yuji Urabe, Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Shiro Oka, Department of Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
Toru Hiyama, Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima 739-8514, Japan
Author contributions: Hiyama T, Vu NTH contributed to the study’s conception; Vu NTH, Hiyama T, and Urabe Y conducted data curation; Hiyama T, Vu NTH, Oka S, Quach DT, and Urabe Y performed data analysis; Oka S, Hiyama T, and Quach DT supervised the study; Vu NTH drafted the initial manuscript; Hiyama T, Quach DT, Urabe Y, and Oka S reviewed and edited the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of Hiroshima University, Japan (approval No. E2023-0018).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent because the study was a population-based retrospective study. The data were derived from the aggregated data of the Hiroshima Regional Health Medical Promotion Organization, and the analysis used anonymous data.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See:
https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Toru Hiyama, MD, PhD, Professor, Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima 739-8514, Japan. tohiyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Received: October 23, 2023
Peer-review started: October 23, 2023
First decision: November 29, 2023
Revised: December 11, 2023
Accepted: January 10, 2024
Article in press: January 10, 2024
Published online: February 24, 2024
