A Critical Review of Cancer Screening Programs in Japan
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 10 (3) , 346-358
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300006590
Abstract
In Japan, screening programs for various cancers have been eagerly conducted as part of public health policy. However, these programs have not always produced the results that were originally expected. To improve the ill-planned and unscientific state of the current programs in Japan, two proposals are made.Keywords
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