What are the purposes and conditions of gastric cancer screening

Gastric cancer screening includes targeted health examinations of gastric cancer, a type of malignant tumor, within a certain population, or physical examinations of employees' tumors in industrial and commercial factories and mines within a specified period of time, including routine health examinations of "healthy people" without any subjective symptoms, general examinations for screening purposes on a certain number of people, namely tumor prevention screening, and diagnostic examinations for those with suspicious symptoms.

Purpose of gastric cancer screening

1. Implement the three early measures: strive for early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment of gastric cancer and certain benign diseases that may become cancerous.

2. To gain a detailed understanding and cumulative statistics on the precise numbers of gastric cancer prevalence, incidence, and mortality: Through continuous surveys every year, we can grasp its dynamics and provide statistical data and verification information for etiology research.

3. Explore the causes of the disease and propose corresponding preventive measures.

4. Carry out mass cancer prevention publicity and education.

5. Establish and improve the gastric cancer prevention and control network.

6. During the survey process, train cancer prevention and treatment personnel and enrich their experience and practical knowledge in cancer prevention and treatment.

Conditions for gastric cancer screening

1. Self-examination: In the cancer prevention publicity and education, let the general public have a preliminary understanding of the symptoms of gastric cancer and the possible diseases and symptoms that may be detected. After the general public has mastered the basic knowledge of gastric cancer, they can conduct preliminary self-examination even without the guidance of a doctor, thus creating conditions for the implementation of the "three early" measures. Once any suspicious situation is found, they can immediately go to a medical unit for further examination.

2. Conduct preventive examinations for gastric cancer at the Department of General Gastroenterology in a general hospital.

3. Cancer prevention and treatment discussions held by cancer specialist hospitals and oncology departments of general hospitals, further examination and follow-up observation of suspected gastric cancer patients, and active and correct treatment after diagnosis.

4. Organize a cancer prevention and control survey team, deploy professionals from various disciplines to form the survey team, and conduct cancer prevention surveys in rural areas, factories and mines, etc.

5. Health check-up: For certain industrial and mining enterprises that are exposed to carcinogens or suspected carcinogens, regular health check-ups with the purpose of cancer prevention should be carried out. This kind of check-up can be carried out by the employee health care system or by specially contracted oncology professional units.