title: [The Armenian SSR program of active screening for tumors of the digestive tract].
abstract: A procedure for identification of groups at high risk for GI tumors was introduced in polyclinics of the Armenian SSR. Complex examination of GI tract was conducted. A questionnaire, occult blood and peripheral blood fibrinogen tests were used in a population of 49,904. 6,663 subjects (13.4%) were examined endoscopically: esophagogastroduodenoscopy--4,997 and colonoscopy--1,666 cases. Malignant tumors of GI tract were detected in 0.1%, benign--in 0.5% of screenees.
mesh_terms: D001136:Armenia; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004724:Endoscopy; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009780:Occult Blood; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen
vernacular_title: Respublikanskaia programma aktivnogo vyiavleniia opukholevykh zabolevaniĭ pishchevaritel'nogo trakta.