1. High detection rate of early cancer
For many diseases, whether they can be detected at an early stage and treated in time is the key to determine the prognosis. For example, the five-year survival rate of early-detected stage I esophageal cancer is 90% to 95%, that of early lung cancer and early liver cancer is 70%, and the survival rate of early-detected cervical cancer can reach 90%.
There is no doubt that Japan has the most mature detection technology and cancer prevention pathway in Asia for early cancer screening, and is one of the most advanced countries in the world for cancer prevention and treatment.
In 2018, the authoritative medical journal The Lancet published a report on a survey of the accessibility and quality of healthcare in 195 countries and regions around the world during 1990~2016, and Japan was ranked 12th, right behind the small Scandinavian countries in Western Europe.In terms of the score for quality of healthcare, Japan was ranked second after the highest-scoring country, Sweden. Japan's medical care is undoubtedly the highest in the world when measured against factors such as the size of its population and social conditions.
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In which trends in five-year survival rates for patients with 18 major cancers were reported, Japan's survival rates for cancers of the esophagus, stomach, liver, lung, breast and cervix ranked among the world's highest; in terms of overall cancers, Japan's five-year survival rate was 57.4 percent, much higher than China's 36.0 percent.
From the early screening situation, Japan can screen all 300 kinds of known cancers, with an early and early stage cancer detection rate of about 80% (only about 20% in China), and the smallest one can detect early cancers under 5 millimeters or super early stage cancers at stage I, where the cancer cells have not infiltrated, spread, or metastasized, or even at stage 0 (primary cancer).
In medicine, cancers at this stage are usually considered curable by resection and generally do not recur.
In China, however, about 80 percent of cancers are already advanced cancers once they are found, making them difficult to cure.
2. Advanced equipment and high professionalism
Japan's high screening rate is related to the testing equipment, many new medical instruments and top imaging equipment, which ensures the accuracy and meticulousness of the testing data and images.
Reports show that the use of equipment in China is about 15 years behind Japan on average (CT, MRI, Mammography, PET-CT, etc.), and sometimes, even with the same equipment, the diagnosis can be different.
Taking PET-CT used in early cancer screening in Japan as an example, a professional medical interpreter in Japan explained to the reporter that it is not difficult for domestic medical checkup organizations or hospitals to buy PET-CT instruments per se, but the key is that the special contrast agent is difficult to obtain.
"The sensitivity of the contrast agent determines the accuracy of cancer screening. Among some of the clients I have handled, many Japanese medical institutions make them on the same day, according to appointments, as a way to ensure the sensitivity of the agent.
Currently, domestic institutions do not have the technology to make pharmaceuticals and use shipping methods that are much less sensitive once they are more than 2 hours old. This is the key to the same PET-CT examination, the diagnosis between Chinese and Japanese medical institutions will also be different."
3, professional medical staffing
Doing medical checkups in Japan not only has the advantage of equipment, human resources are also equipped with professional medical staff. Since Japan began to establish early cancer prevention and screening system in early years, and invested a lot of scientific research and medical resources, the system has reached a very complete degree. Now, in the first part of health care, especially medical checkups, there are professional doctors, professors and even deans in charge, and they are capable of providing longer and more patient services.
4, service humanization
Compared with the domestic "queuing for three hours, five minutes to see the doctor," the status quo of the medical examination, Japan's physical examination institutions, a good environment, humane and attentive service, responsible for each patient's attitude to make people feel comfortable. In the process of medical checkup, doctors and nurses are very patient throughout the whole process, checking meticulously, and the questioning time before and after the medical checkup often reaches more than half an hour, all in order to make the patients get the best experience and the most accurate results. The medical staff respects each patient's privacy, for example, the gynecological examination undressing room and the examination bed room are used only by the person who is being examined, and the doctor is always separated by a half-wall to cover the face, and so on. Many people exclaim that it is only when they have a medical checkup in Japan that they truly experience the feeling of being respected. It is through various advantages and details similar to the above, Japanese hospitals have shaped an unparalleled reputation for medical checkups, which makes Japanese medical checkup products favored by high-net-worth people, forming a booming market.