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Hospital acclaimed for gastric cancer screening program
MATSU SUCCESS: ‘Gut,’ a leading medical journal, used images of Taiwan on the front cover of its issue this month to highlight the contributions of NTUH
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
A gastric cancer screening and treatment program by National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Matsu has successfully reduced the gastric cancer incidence rate in the archipelago by 53 percent in 14 years.
Gastric cancer is the fifth-most common cancer and the third-biggest cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has predicted that the number of gastric cancer patients would continue to grow in the next 30 years due to the aging population.