title: [Fiber gastroscopy as the first stage in screening for diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract].
abstract: The article presents data of 284 out of 3400 endoscopic investigations as a method of primary examination in screening of pathology of the upper parts of the gastro-intestinal tract. They show advantages of screening gastroscopy over multistage screening investigations and generally accepted clinico-instrumental tests in forming the groups of risk in oncology and surgical gastroenterology.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Korotkevich
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Men'shikov
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Remorova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged