BACKGROUND Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) significantly reduces mortality associated with this disease. In Australia, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program provides regular fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) for those aged 50 to 74 years, however, participation rates in the program have plateaued at 36%. Given low uptake in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, it is necessary ...

INTRODUCTION One key tool thought to combat the spiraling costs of late-stage breast cancer diagnosis is the use of breast cancer screening. However, over recent years, more effective treatments and questions being raised over the safety implications of using mammography have led to the cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening to be highlighted as an important issue to investigate. METHO...

BACKGROUND This paper sought to determine the status of older Australians with regard to Bowel Cancer screening practices occurring outside of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. METHOD A random sample of N=25,511 urban Australians aged 50 to 74 years received a questionnaire via mail asking questions relating to bowel screening. N=8,762 (34.3%) returned a completed questionnaire. ...

The National Cancer Screening Program (NCSP) has been provided since 1999 in Korea and the annual surveys for National Cancer Screening showed gradual increase in both the lifetime screening rates and screening rates with recommendation of gastric and colorectal cancers. 1 In addition to the nationwide propagation of the screening program, the improvement in the endoscopic quality is critical t...

Introduction: In Croatia, about 3,500 patients are diagnosed with a colorectal carcinoma annually. The National Program for Early Detection of Colon Cancer has been implemented in Croatia since 2007. program’s primary goal is todetect colon cancer at an early stage the disease, which should reduce incidence and mortality from cancer. Aim: To determine interest target group participating program...