Review for 10.1186/s12876-017-0711-9 (2017)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title:  Multi -disciplinary team for early gastric cancer diagnosis improves the detection rate of 
early gastric cancer  
 
Version: 0 Date: 21 Nov 2016 
 
Reviewer:  Okello  Samson  
 
Reviewer’s report:  
 
The manuscript "Multi -disciplinary Team for Early Gastric Cancer Diagnosis Improves the 
Detection Rate of Early Gastric Cancer" by Di et al., is an interesting implementation study with 
a before and during intervention design.  
 
1. The manuscript requires extensive grammatical editing to make the text readable.  
 
2. The intervention should be clearly defined to delineate what was being done in the first period 
and second period.  
 
3. The authors  have should change "after MDT" throught out the text to "during MDT" since the 
effect measure was during MDT and not after MDT.  
 
4. The authors should clarify criteria for selection of factors that were included in statistical 
models.  
 
5. Discussion should not include re sults (second paragraph on page  14) 
 
6.  Relocate the second paragraph on page 15 to procedures.  
 
7. The authors should include limitations of inability to measure effect of secular events that 
might have an effect separate from their interven tion. 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
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1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an 
organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this 
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2. Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation that may in any way gain or lose 
financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?  
 
3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the content of the 
manuscript?  
 
4. Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that 
holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5. Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6. Do you have any non -financial  competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
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