Expectations for and challenges in population‐based endoscopic gastric and colorectal cancer screening

In 2019, 376,425 people died of cancer in Japan (220,339 men, 156,086 women). Lung cancer was the most common cause of cancer death (75,394 deaths), followed by colorectal (51,420 deaths) and gastric cancer (42,931 deaths).1 Gastric cancer ranked second for men and fourth for women, while colorectal cancer ranked third for men and first for women. To reduce gastric and colorectal cancer deaths, the national government must strengthen both...