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. 2020 Aug;32(4):540–546. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2020.04.11

1. Identified criteria of high-risk population in cancer screening program.

Identified items Score
*, Subjects were asked to reply the items above, and a summary score was added up for identification of high-risk individual.
1. Smoking: 20 cigarettes per day for more than 10 years 1
2. Drinking: half a liter of liquor per week for more than 10 years 1
3. Eating pickled vegetables often 1
4. Eating processed meat often 1
5. Hot-eating habit 1
6. High-salt diet 1
7. Family history of upper gastrointestinal cancer 2
8. Family history of liver cancer 2
9. Any current symptom of dysphagia, odynophagia, chest pain, back pain, neck pain 2
10. Any current symptom of nausea and vomiting, anorexia, melena 2
11. Any current symptom of abdominal distension, anorexia, nausea and vomiting 2
12. Jaundice and edema 2
13. Progressive emaciation 2
High-risk individual for esophageal cancer*: any two items among 1−5; or any one item of 7/9/13 ≥2
High-risk individual for stomach cancer*: any two items among 1−4 and 6; or any one item of 7/10/13 ≥2
High-risk individual for liver cancer*: any two items among 1−3; or any one item of 8/11/12/13 ≥2