Kang JM, Shin DW, Kwon YM, Park SM, Park MS, Park JH, Son KY, Cho BL. Stomach cancer screening and preventive behaviors in relatives of gastric cancer patients. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(30): 3518-3525 [PMID: 21941419 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i30.3518]
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Be Long Cho, MD, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehangno, Jongno-Gu, 110-744 Seoul, South Korea. belong@snu.ac.kr
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Table 6 Perception of the benefits of screening n (%)
Controls (n = 2842)
Non-gastric cancer relatives(n = 454)
Gastric cancer relatives (n = 261)
Beneficial
1783 (64.4)
292 (67.1)
163 (63.9)
Not beneficial
292 (10.5)
47 (10.8)
36 (14.1)
Have never received
696 (25.1)
96 (22.1)
56 (22.0)
Citation: Kang JM, Shin DW, Kwon YM, Park SM, Park MS, Park JH, Son KY, Cho BL. Stomach cancer screening and preventive behaviors in relatives of gastric cancer patients. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(30): 3518-3525