Radiographic and endoscopic screening to reduce gastric cancer mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous systematic reviews naïvely combined biased effects of screening radiography or endoscopy observed in studies with various designs. We aimed to synthesize currently available comparative data on gastric cancer mortality in healthy, asymptomatic adults by explicitly classifying the screening effects through study designs and types of intervention effects.

Methods

We searched multiple databases through October 31, 2022 for this systematic review and meta-analysis. Studies of any design that compared gastric cancer mortality among radiographic or endoscopic screening and no screening in a community-dwelling adult population were included. The method included a duplicate assessment of eligibility, double extraction of summary data, and validity assessment usin

SUBMITTER: Hibino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature