Results: Of the 305 patients, 30 (9.8%) had undergone a minimum of one endoscopy within
the previous 3 years, 20 (67%) of these within the previous 1 year. Sinister symptoms were …

Background & Aims Single-center studies have estimated that 4.6% to 25.8% of gastric
cancers are missed at endoscopy. We performed a population-based study to make a more …

Background and study aims: Several studies have suggested that a significant minority of
esophageal cancers are missed at endoscopy The aim of this study was to estimate the …

AIM: To investigate the causes of missed diagnosis of early gastric cancer (EGC) or high-
grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) in Chongqing, China. METHODS: The present study …

Abstract Background and Study Aims: The degree of accuracy of gastroscopy for the
detection of gastric cancer is poorly understood. The aim of this retrospective study was to …

Results The false-negative rate for the detection with gastroscopy was 25.8 percent at three
years but that with colonoscopy was 11.1 percent. This difference was statically significant …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Current guidelines recommend empirical, noninvasive approaches
to manage dyspeptic patients without alarm symptoms, but concerns about missed lesions …

Background A significant proportion of upper gastrointestinal cancers (UGICs) remain
undetected during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). We investigated the …

OBJECTIVES: Little is known about missed rates of upper gastrointestinal cancer (UGC) in
Western populations, with most data originating from Japanese centers quoting high missed …

Endoscopy is a powerful and pivotal tool in the diagnosis and management of
gastrointestinal pathology. Ensuring that endoscopy is of high quality is fundamental to …