Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9248707 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2005 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
Gastric cancer is not uncommon in patients with dyspepsia aged less than 45 years in Taiwan. The age threshold of screening endoscopy for uninvestigated dyspepsia should be the same for both genders in view of comparable frequencies of gastric cancer in a young age population. Because more than 5% of gastric cancer cases would be missed in Taiwan if endoscopy was omitted in simple dyspeptic patients who were aged less than 45 years, we recommend that 40 years old might be an optimal age threshold for screening endoscopy for uninvestigated dyspepsia in Taiwan, in both men and women patients.
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