The role of primary care in early detection and follow-up of cancer

JD Emery, K Shaw, B Williams, D Mazza… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2014 - nature.com
Primary care providers have important roles across the cancer continuum, from encouraging
screening and accurate diagnosis to providing care during and after treatment for both the …

Rapid review of evaluation of interventions to improve participation in cancer screening services

SW Duffy, JP Myles, R Maroni… - Journal of medical …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Screening participation is spread differently across populations, according to
factors such as ethnicity or socioeconomic status. We here review the current evidence on …

Outcomes of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England after the first 1 million tests

RFA Logan, J Patnick, C Nickerson, L Coleman… - Gut, 2012 - gut.bmj.com
Introduction The Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England began operating in 2006
with the aim of full roll out across England by December 2009. Subjects aged 60–69 are …

Effects of evidence-based strategies to reduce the socioeconomic gradient of uptake in the English NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (ASCEND): four cluster …

J Wardle, C von Wagner, I Kralj-Hans, SP Halloran… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Uptake in the national colorectal cancer screening programme in England
varies by socioeconomic status. We assessed four interventions aimed at reducing this …

[HTML][HTML] Population screening for colorectal cancer means getting FIT: the past, present, and future of colorectal cancer screening using the fecal immunochemical test …

JE Allison, CG Fraser, SP Halloran, GP Young - Gut and liver, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fecal immunochemical tests for hemoglobin (FIT) are changing the manner in which
colorectal cancer (CRC) is screened. Although these tests are being performed worldwide …

Colonoscopy vs. fecal immunochemical test in reducing mortality from colorectal cancer (CONFIRM): rationale for study design

JA Dominitz, DJ Robertson, DJ Ahnen… - Official journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study design: The CONFIRM Study is a large, pragmatic, multicenter, randomized, parallel
group trial to compare screening with colonoscopy vs. the annual fecal immunochemical test …

Primary care endorsement letter and a patient leaflet to improve participation in colorectal cancer screening: results of a factorial randomised trial

P Hewitson, AM Ward, C Heneghan… - British journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: The trial aimed to investigate whether a general practitioner's (GP) letter
encouraging participation and a more explicit leaflet explaining how to complete faecal …

Random comparison of repeated faecal immunochemical testing at different intervals for population-based colorectal cancer screening

AHC van Roon, SL Goede, M van Ballegooijen… - Gut, 2013 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Colorectal cancer screening by means of faecal immunochemical tests (FITs)
requires successive screening rounds for an optimal preventive effect. However, data on the …

Strategies for increasing participation in mail-out colorectal cancer screening programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BC Goodwin, MJ Ireland, S March, L Myers… - Systematic …, 2019 - Springer
Background Population mail-out bowel screening programs are a convenient, cost-effective
and sensitive method of detecting colorectal cancer (CRC). Despite the increased survival …

Understanding patient factors to increase uptake of cancer screening: a review

B Young, KA Robb - Future Oncology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Early detection of cancer through organized screening is a central component of population-
level strategies to reduce cancer mortality. For screening programs to be effective, it is …