Studies of various mass sreenings in the limited area and detected surgical illnesses.
10.2185/jjrm.35.129
- VernacularTitle:限定地域における検診活動および検診で発見された外科的疾患について
- Author:
Tomoo SHIRAKURA
;
Tomio OCHI
;
Eiichi TERASHIMA
;
Toshimitsu ISHIBASHI
;
Kiyoko NAKAMURA
;
Yoko MARUYAMA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1986;35(2):129-133
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
For about 8, 000inhabitants of Nagato-machi and Wada-mura, Nagano prefecture, various mass screenings have been carried out for this 14years. These are gastric mass survey carried out from 1971, primary health screening from 1972, multiphasic health testing and service from 1978, mass screening for breast and thyroid cancer from 1980 and ultrasonographic mass screening for liver, gallbladder and pancreas cancer from 1983.
Among the total of 38, 593examinees, 90patients 92diseases were detected to be operated. Maligant diseases are 9kinds 40patients 42diseases and benign ones are llkinds 50patients.
The largest number of the diseases is 29gastric cancers. Almost of malignant diseases, 36/ 40patients, were detected sincel978 and their prognosis are very good, namely 2patients of gastric cancer, one hepatoma and one breast cancer have died of the malady and one bile duct cancer died of other disease until now.
The route of detection and prognosis of all operated patients, the present condition and the policy of all mass screenings and the necessity of increase of the examinees, especially the old men and women, are discussed.
