A Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment program to eliminate gastric cancer among junior high school students in Saga Prefecture: a preliminary report
A Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment program to eliminate gastric cancer among junior high school students in Saga Prefecture: a preliminary report
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DOI:
10.1007/s00535-019-01559-9
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发表时间:
2019-08-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Fujimoto, Kazuma
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作者:
Kakiuchi, Toshihiko;Matsuo, Muneaki;Fujimoto, Kazuma
BackgroundTo present the strategies and preliminary findings of the first 3years after implementing a Helicobacter pylori screening and eradication program to prevent gastric cancer in Saga Prefecture.MethodsA screening and treatment program to eradicate H. pylori from third-grade junior high students was started in Saga Prefecture in 2016, using local governmental grants. Screening was with urinary anti-H. pylori antibody tests, followed by H. pylori stool antigen tests for students who were antibody positive. Those positive on both tests underwent H. pylori eradication by triple therapy based on a potassium-competitive acid blocker.ResultsFrom 2016 to 2018, the participation rate was 83.1% and the H. pylori infection rate was 3.1% (660/21,042). The participation rates were higher in 2017 (85.4%) and 2018 (85.9%) compared with 2016 (78.5%) (P