title: [Expediency of preventive examination of the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: Gastroscopic examination of 528 practically healthy people showed that every fifth person aged from 41 to 60 and every third one older than 60 had a focal pathology of the stomach such as cancer, polyps, errosion, ulcer etc. Prophylactic gastroscopy is shown to be necessary in people aged over 45.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: O tselesoobraznosti profilakticheskogo obsledovaniia verkhnikh otdelov zheludochno-kishechnogo trakta.