Quality control in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: detection rates of gastric cancer in Oxford 2005-2008.

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BACKGROUND: Gastric cancer (GC) represents the sum of advanced gastric cancer (AGC) and early gastric cancer (EGC). Endoscopy (with biopsies) is the gold standard for detection of GC, but a false-negative rate of up to 19% is reported. AIM: To determine whether patients with GC had had an oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) in the year preceding diagnosis that might reasonably have been expected to detect the cancer, as a measure of quality assurance of endoscopic practice. METHODS: Patients w...

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Authors: Vradelis, S; Maynard, N; Warren, B; Keshav, S; Travis, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Postgraduate medical journal
• Volume: 87
• Issue: 1027
• Pages: 335-339
• Publication date: 2011-05-01
• DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.101832
• EISSN: 1469-0756
• ISSN: 0032-5473
• Language: English
• Keywords: False Negative Reactions; Time Factors; Endoscopy, Digestive System; Early Detection of Cancer; Quality Control; Treatment Outcome; Adult; Middle Aged; Aged; Stomach Neoplasms; Male; Clinical Competence; Aged, 80 and over; England; Humans; Female; Biopsy