い胃とだいちょう大腸のがんを４０％み見つけられなかったかのうせい可能性 あおもりけん青森県 Possibility That 40% of Stomach and Bowel Cancer Cases Went Undetected - Aomori Prefecture by
Although Japan leads the world in longevity, the same range of illnesses and medical conditions afflicts Japanese as elsewhere. This recent article describes an unfortunate discovery that errors in testing were leading to 'false negatives' in Aomori prefecture in the north of Honshu.
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