After World War II, Japan suffered a painful blow as a defeated country. However, it quickly emerged from the defeat, but also has a speed of economic recovery that amazes the world.
Japan attaches importance to education, the development of science and technology, respect for knowledge and talent. Continuous intellectual investment, continuous reform of the education system, for the development of a modernized economy to train a large number of excellent skilled workers and scientific and technological talent.
The 2019 Nobel Prize is out, and so far, the number of Japanese (including those of Japanese descent)**** who have won the Nobel Prize has reached 27.
After entering the 21st century, it ranked second in the world in terms of the number of winners in the field of natural sciences by country only after the United States, even leaving behind such scientific and technological powerhouses as France, Germany and Britain.
Japan is a "scary" country because its capabilities are amazing in every way, and it is developing at a rapid pace.
The rapid economic growth of the post-war period not only brought about a dramatic increase in living standards, but also a rapid improvement in the area of public **** health.
When we talk about medical-grade checkups, both in terms of precision and rigor, Japan comes to mind.
In addition to this, there is another name that has accompanied Japanese medical care in recent years: the world's number one, and one that is being held at a record-breaking pace.
This is also the fundamental reason why the world's medical powerhouses are numerous, but the crowd favors Japan.
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its latest report, "World Health Report," has ranked Japan as the world's top country in terms of "level of medical care," "difficulty in accessing medical care," and "fairness in the cost of medicine. In its latest report, "World Health Report," a comprehensive comparison of healthcare systems around the world is made in terms of "level of care," "difficulty in accessing healthcare," and "fairness of medical costs.
Japan was again ranked first for "high quality of medical services," "equalization of the burden of medical care," and "high average life expectancy. China ranked 64th.
The U.K. also released a "2019 Best Hospital Cities Ranking," which assesses the overall level of cancer care in 100 cities around the world in terms of infrastructure, quality of care and access.
Tokyo, Japan, topped the list with a perfect score. According to the survey, Tokyo, Japan is one of the best cities in the world for cancer treatment. Both cancer treatment rates and overall quality and accessibility of care are second to none.
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Not all medical checkups are called "medical checkups"
With the continuous import of western medical concepts, medical checkups have become independent from the previous supporting services.
The medical checkup industry is increasingly moving towards scientific and life-oriented.
In 1947, the American Medical Association first put forward the concept of "health checkups", they solemnly recommended to the nation: every healthy person over 35 years of age should visit a doctor once a year to do a head-to-toe comprehensive body checkup.
At the beginning of the process, health checkups were conducted in hospitals, and the doctors were general out-patient doctors.
It was not until 1954 that Japanese doctors first devised a system of personal health checkups aimed at preventing disease. And in 1961, an independent medical center was established.
From then on, medical checkups were gradually separated from hospitals and eventually became a specialized health service industry.
Today, in most countries, including China, medical checkups are not covered by social health insurance, but are treated as a specialized health service, chosen by the individual.
In Japan, medical checkups do not mean a simple report, but rather a record of previous years' checkups, which is kept by the medical institution for easy comparison.
Particularly in the area of cancer screening, Japan's superb medical technology and advanced equipment are particularly attractive to us who are "afraid of cancer".
Japanese precision medical examination translated into Japanese: human ドック diagnosis.
In Japanese, it means: Regardless of age, regardless of whether the body has symptoms of disease, regularly choose the hospital for physical examination to maintain health.
Japan, which stands at the forefront of cancer prevention, has a 30-year policy of lifting up the defense against cancer and holds the record for the smallest tumor found in the world.
And because of the imperfection of our domestic inspection system, the cancers that can usually be detected have already reached the middle and late stages, missing the most valuable time for treatment, so Japan's leading position in medical checkups is internationally recognized.
Early-stage cancer cells are about five millimeters or less and are not infiltrated, and can usually be cured by minimally invasive surgery, which has a cure rate of more than 80 percent, and will not recur as long as you pay attention to your diet and work routine.
Early and mid-stage cancer cells are about 10 millimeters in size and have already started localized infiltration from the epidermis, which need to be removed through general surgery, and its cure rate will drop to 30~40%.
And in the middle and late stages, the cancer cells have developed to more than 15 millimeters. At this time, not only surgery, but also chemotherapy and radiotherapy are needed, and the cure rate is only about 5%.
In fact, we all know that the development process of early cancer cells is very slow, for example, it may take ten years for white blood cells to grow from the size of a needle tip to the size of a soybean, and basically there are no clinical symptoms. But to grow from the size of a soybean to the size of an egg may only take a year.
We are living in an era where we talk about cancer, but cancer is not an incurable disease, it is just a chronic disease that can be prevented in advance, which means that cancer is not a terminal disease.
So for cancer, prevention is more important than treatment. Through effective and precise medical checkups, we can maximize the detection of the disease and provide the basis for the next step of treatment.
1, physical examination machine high precision, millimeter-level scanning
Precision physical examination whole body PET-CT examination for cancer early screening, the instrument high precision, millimeter-level scanning, can be found more tiny foci, early detection and early treatment, improve the survival rate.
It has a tumor detection rate of up to 85% and is known as the "sentinel of cancer prevention". The popularity of this device in Japanese medical checkup organizations is much higher than that in China.
Next, about the PET-CT radiation issue rumors:
An ordinary abdominal CT radiation is about 11-13 units, and now the new PET-CT radiation is divided into two parts, one part of the contrast agent radiation in 3 units, the other part of the PET-CT in the CT equipment radiation, because PET-CT uses a low-power CT, than the ordinary CT. power CT, less radiation than ordinary CT, overall within 10 units.
So, when all is said and done, the amount of radiation received by the human body during a PET-CT is no different from that received during a regular abdominal or chest CT, and there is no need to worry about excessive radiation.
Ordinary physical examination of domestic PET-CT is centimeter-level scanning, the examination is often used to confirm the diagnosis of middle and late-stage cancer or recurrence of metastasis judgment.
2, high-speed imaging, high resolution, to avoid leakage and misdiagnosis
Precision physical examination of Japanese hospital equipment: high-speed imaging, to avoid ambiguous images; high spatial resolution, accurate diagnosis.
Ordinary physical examination domestic hospital equipment: long imaging time, whistle movement interference imaging is not obvious, affecting the diagnosis; spatial resolution is not high, easy to miss the diagnosis of tiny cancer cells.
3. On-site production of contrast agent, ensuring sensitivity of the agent
The difference of consumables in the process of examination will also cause the difference of the examination results, and PET-CT examination is still taken as an example:
Precision medical checkups and appointments of Japanese hospitals for daily on-site production of contrast agent can ensure the sensitivity of the agent, and accurately detect early and early-stage cancer cells, and in addition, the PET-CT contrast agent from Japan is fast metabolized and causes little damage to the human body. fast metabolism, less damage to the human body.
Ordinary physical examination of domestic hospitals PET-CT contrast agent are pharmaceutical companies distribution, for security reasons, radionuclides are basically not in the hospital now with more than two hours of contrast agent sensitivity is reduced, affecting the examination results.
02Textbook-level medical examination services to reveal the world's longest-lived secret
In comparison with the domestic medical examination, the Japanese medical examination process will let you a surprise after a surprise:
All the examination items have a will be the medical staff to patiently answer the question
Japanese ultrasound gel is warm, with a hot towel to wipe
Lying down all the examination items have a blanket to cover you. projects have blankets to help you cover
Japanese physicians will cover the cold stethoscope for a while
Various physical examination will have physical examination knowledge science and so on
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Nowadays, the level of domestic medical care in the continuous improvement of more and more emphasis on the sense of service, but due to the domestic medical resources more centralized, domestic medical staff pressure, all aspects can not be so meticulous.
1. Professional medical checkup doctors
Japanese professional cancer checkup doctors have more than ten years of professional checkup and diagnostic experience and qualifications, and do not spare the images and signs of tiny cancer cells. The medical staff in the medical checkup centers of general hospitals are very capable and are the backbone of each department.
Most of the medical checkup workers in most of the domestic institutions are general practitioners, and the doctors who read the images have insufficient clinical experience and lack sensitivity and judgment to the initial cancer cells.
2. Comprehensive and attentive Japanese services
The overall environment of Japanese hospitals is quiet, comfortable, clean and tidy. In addition, because Japanese hospitals are appointment system, therefore, the hospital is less crowded, basically there is no queuing for registration, the hospital is very quiet, you can not hear the noise, very comfortable and cozy.
Japanese service is world-renowned, and guests can enjoy comprehensive and attentive examination services at the hospital. In China, due to limited medical resources, doctors and nurses are relatively difficult to make everyone 100% satisfied in terms of attitude and service details.
3, paper report + global data image CD-ROM
Japan not only provides paper report analysis, but also provides clear global data image CD-ROM / DVD-ROM format CD-ROM, which is easy for customers to use for further consultation.
Domestic medical checkup hospitals generally provide simpler paper reports or a small number of intercepted image films.
With the changes in our living environment, cancer has become the biggest enemy of hidden diseases! Many cancer patients end up delaying treatment because it is not detected early.
Currently, domestic medical checkups can only screen for fewer types of cancer. In contrast, the Japanese Cancer Prevention Precision Physical Examination, with its advanced comprehensive cancer screening system, can detect and screen millimeter or even micron-sized tumors, covering all known 300 kinds of early cancers. For us it is the best barrier to health.