Cancer Screening Center | Consultation / Admission / Visitation

Introduction

For prevention of adult diseases (life-style-related-diseases), corrections of improper habits in daily lives and active improvements of health are necessary.
Also, it is necessary to detect the problems through periodical check and to treat them at earlier stage.
Cancer Screening Center is providing the medical checkup services to detect adult diseases as well as cancer at their earlier stages.

Yasuo Hirai, M.D., Ph.D. Center Director

Tomohiro Tsuchida Center Vice Director

Contents of Service (For Full Medical Checkup)

Adult Course (Male/Female)

Esophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy (EGD) using sedatives, Chest X-ray Exam, Phlegm cytometry, Ultrasonic Abdominal Examination, ECG, Fecal Occult Blood Test, Blood Test etc. (Sigmoidscopy and PET are optional)

Lady's Special Course

Gynecology Exam, Cytoscreening Test, Mammography, Ultrasonic Exam (Gynecology, Breast, Thyroid Gland), Bone Mineral Density etc.

Lady's All-in-one Course

Full Medical Checkup by female doctors and staffs (except endoscopist)
Adult Course + Lady's Special Course (Both one-day checkup and overnight checkup is available.)

Examination on Sigle Subject

Esophagus, Stomach Exam.: EGD using sedatives H.pylori check is optional.
Lung Cancer Exam: Helical CT Scan, Phlegm Cytometry
Breast Cancer Exam: Sigmoidscopy, Total Colonoscopy
Total Colonoscopy: Rectum, Sigmoid Colon Endoscope Exam
Pancreas Cancer Exam: Enhanced Contrast CT Scan
(Consultation prior to exam is necessary.)

* In consideration of the examinee' s acceptance, those who weigh 100kg or heavier will not be accepted due to their physique being too big to fit in the equipment table that will slide into the large opening in the PET machine. Furthermore, the dose of medicine used for PET exam depends on the examinee's weight and the result comes out too blurry if one is administered too much of the medicine.

Exam Schedule

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat (1st,3rd,5th)
Adult Course	▲	▲		▲		▲
Lady's All-in-one Course			▲		▲
Lady's Special Course				▲		▲
Lung Cancer Exam (H-CT)	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲
Thyroid Gland Exam						▲
Esophagus, Stomach, Duodenum Exam	▲	▲	▲ (Ladies Only)	▲	▲
Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas, Kidney Exam						▲
Total Colonoscopy*	▲			▲	▲
Rectum Sigmoid Colon Exam*	▲	▲		▲
Uterus, Ovarian Cancer Exam	▲	▲	▲	▲
Breast Cancer Exam	▲	▲	▲	▲
Prostate Cancer Exam	▲	▲		▲		▲
Bone Mineral Density Exam	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲
PET Scan**	▲	▲	▲	▲	▲

*Your current status, previous examination experience, and your age will be confirmed prior to the application.

** In consideration of the examinee' s acceptance, those who weigh 100kg or heavier will not be accepted due to their physique being too big to fit in the equipment table that will slide into the large opening in the PET machine. Furthermore, the dose of medicine used for PET exam depends on the examinee's weight and the result comes out too blurry if one is administered too much of the medicine.

Application

Need reservation. Apply through the reception for Cancer Screening Center, telephone, fax. or e-mail.

Weekdays: 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m.
Tel: 81-3-3570-0383
Fax: 81-3-3520-0141
e-mail: international@jfcr.or.jp

Detail of Exam

EGD (with sedatives)

EGD is a procedure which enables direct observation of esophagus, stomach and duodenum. Before the examination, sedatives are given intravenously, then endoscope is inserted from mouth to stomach. Endoscope is a long, flexible tube with diameter of about little finger. It enables doctors to observe the conditon of cavity of esophagus, stomach, duodenum and to detect early cancers, with clear image helped by lighting from the tip. Depending on the case, biopsies are taken as samples for further check by pathologist.

Total Colonoscopy

The parts where colon cancer develop

The colon cancer is showing notable increase in Japan. Death rates of the colon cancer positions 3rd following lung cancer and stomach cancer in men and 2nd in women. The colon cancer may develop at any parts of the large intestine. The number of sigmoid colon cancer is recently increasing in Japan. 72% of the colon cancer are developped in sigmoid colon and rectum. The colon cancer can be treated completely by early detection.

At Cancer Screening Center, we are making our best efforts to accomplish early detection of the colon cancer by the combination of conventional fecal occult blood test and rectum, sigmoid colon examination using sigmoid scope. (This examination is a endoscopic examination in the range of 20 to 30cm from anus, without pretreatment like cathartics.

Lung Cancer Examination

5mm lung cancer detected by CT scan

Helical CT scan can detect millimeter size lung cancer of early stage while convensional chest X-ray can detect the one over 2cm. A smoker may develop cancer on the mucosa of bronchus. Though this cancer cannot be detected by chest X-ray or CT scanning at its early stage, can be detected by the cells collected from phlegm (early stage lung cancer at hilum of lung). If detected at early stage, lung cancer can be treated successfully. At Cancer Screening Center, we carry cancer examination using helical CT scan and phlegm cytometry as the main methods.

Pancreas Cancer Examination

Pancreas cancer is one of the most difficult cancer to detect and treat. We provide the first pancreas cancer screeninng method, using state-of-the-art CT scanner, in Japan. Our aim is to detect this pancreas cancer at its early stage and to protect life from this disease. The examination is performed by using the most advanced CT scanner (called MCDT). The images of pancreas are scanned, with contrast agent by IV injection, required time is around 10minutes. However, those who have allergy to iodine, previous illness of asthma, currently under treatment of pancreas diseases are not applicable to this exam. Consultation by doctor, blood test and agreement prior to the exam are necessary.

Reports

Result of the examination will be reported to clients in 2 or 3 weeks after examination.
For those who were not observed any problem, guidance for future periodical medical checkup and advices on health control will be given.
If there is any doubt about diseases, guidance and advices on further checkup by using highly advanced technology will be introduced.