Feasibility of endoscopic evaluation of Helicobacter pylori infection status by using the Kyoto classification of gastritis in the population-based gastric cancer screening program: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

We have started a new population-based endoscopic gastric cancer screening program in Kurashiki city with consideration of Helicobacter pylori infection status based on endoscopic features. We aimed to verify the feasibility of this attempt in a prospective case-registration study (UMIN000028629).

Methods

Data were collected from 1784 subjects without past eradication of H. pylori and who underwent endoscopic gastric cancer screening in Kurashiki Central Hospital Preventive Healthcare Plaza from September 2017 to June 2018. Endoscopic judgment of H. pylori infection status was made according to the Kyoto classification of gastritis. For comparison, a combination serum test of anti-H. pylori antibody and pepsinogen I and II, the

SUBMITTER: Hirai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8279217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature