[Patients also desire standard therapies].
Insured health care in Japan has to date lacked quality controls and checks, and treatments provided by medical institutions and doctors are found to be widely varied. Today, quality control is commonplace among commercial products and services, but the field of health care clearly lags behind in this area. Standard medical treatments are a significant step toward quality control and improvements. The progress made in developing standard treatments for stomach cancer, the most common form of cancer among Japanese, is thus much welcomed by all citizens.
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Science Section, Tokyo Main Office, Asahi Newspaper, Tokyo, Japan.
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy