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Data were analysed from 44 996 persons attending a population screening programme who underwent both radiological gastric cancer screening (barium meal) and colorectal cancer examination by occult blood test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\u2013In the case\u2014control study the occult blood test was positive in 27\/150 (18%) subjects with gastric cancer, in 112\/150 (75%) subjects with colorectal cancer, and in 24\/300 (8%) healthy controls. In the population screening programme the occult blood test was positive in 4\/50 (8%) persons with gastric cancer and 3232\/44 950 (7%) persons without gastric cancer,- indicating no difference between them.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\u2013These data show that the immunochemical faecal occult blood test is worthless as a screening test for gastric cancer, and that examination of the upper digestive tract is unnecessary in cases where the faecal occult blood test is positive but there is no sign of colorectal disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/096914139600300301","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,11]],"date-time":"2017-01-11T23:23:17Z","timestamp":1484176997000},"page":"113-114","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Diagnostic Accuracy of Immunochemical Faecal Occult Blood Test for Gastric Cancer"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Hidenori","family":"Nakama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Noboru","family":"Kamijo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hata Central Hospital"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kazuya","family":"Fujimori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A S M Abdul","family":"Fattah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bing","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1996,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-096914139600300301","first-page":"117","volume":"72","author":"Nakama H.","year":"1994","journal-title":"Clinical Investigation"},{"key":"bibr2-096914139600300301","first-page":"90","volume-title":"Fecal occult blood tests: current issues and new tests.","author":"Iwase T.","year":"1992"},{"key":"bibr3-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(89)92750-5"},{"key":"bibr4-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/1097-0142(19880801)62:3<645::AID-CNCR2820620333>3.0.CO;2-#"},{"key":"bibr5-096914139600300301","first-page":"59","volume":"97","author":"Fukao A","year":"1992","journal-title":"J Gastroenterol Mass Survey"},{"key":"bibr6-096914139600300301","first-page":"64","volume":"97","author":"Miki N","year":"1992","journal-title":"J Gastroenterol Mass Survey"},{"key":"bibr7-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/1097-0142(19900301)65:5<1255::AID-CNCR2820650536>3.0.CO;2-P"},{"key":"bibr8-096914139600300301","first-page":"193","volume-title":"Colorectal cancer: prevention, epidemiology and screening.","author":"Songster CL","year":"1980"},{"key":"bibr9-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM198505303122204"},{"key":"bibr10-096914139600300301","first-page":"616","volume-title":"Textbook of gastroenterology.","author":"Ahlquist DA","year":"1991"},{"key":"bibr11-096914139600300301","first-page":"343","volume":"4","author":"Adams EC","year":"1974","journal-title":"Ann Clin Lab Sci"},{"key":"bibr12-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.1990.00390170055013"},{"key":"bibr13-096914139600300301","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1349-7006.1992.tb00078.x"}],"container-title":["Journal of Medical Screening"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/096914139600300301","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/096914139600300301","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T23:27:45Z","timestamp":1777678065000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/096914139600300301"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1996,9]]},"references-count":13,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1996,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/096914139600300301"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/096914139600300301","relation":{},"ISSN":["0969-1413","1475-5793"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0969-1413","type":"print"},{"value":"1475-5793","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1996,9]]}}}