Kanagawa Assemblyman Kamei Promotes Helicobacter pylori Screening to Prevent Stomach Cancer

Assemblyman Kamei Takatsugu reports that cancer control has shifted from early detection and treatment to preventing disease before it develops. He emphasizes that Helicobacter pylori, a major cause of stomach cancer, should be detected and eradicated in younger people when cancer risk is low. Kamei is advocating wider implementation of H. pylori screening and eradication programs as a primary prevention strategy to reduce future stomach cancer incidence in Kanagawa.