BACKGROUND One of the largest, most expensive randomized, controlled trials, the National Lung Screening Trial, found that annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans led to a 20% reduction in lung cancer deaths. OBJECTIVES This study describes the characteristics and program implementation barriers experienced by LDCT screening programs in the United States. METHODS Using a mixed-meth...

BACKGROUND The Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded 30 grantees to partner with health systems with the goal of increasing screening for colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS Evaluators applied CDC's Framework for Program Evaluation to design a national level outcome evaluation for measuring changes in CRC screening rates in partn...

Importance of implementation economics for program planning— evaluation of CDC's colorectal cancer control program" (2016). Editorial Importance of implementation economics for program planning— evaluation of CDC's colorectal cancer control program Understanding the cost of initiating and operationalizing colorectal cancer (CRC) control programs is essential for planning successful implementati...

OBJECTIVE We used the results from the first three screening rounds of Bahcesehir Mammography Screening Project (BMSP), a 10-year (2009-2019) and the first organized population-based screening program implemented in a county of Istanbul, Turkey, to assess the potential cost-effectiveness of a population-based mammography screening program in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two screening strateg...

The incidence rate of gastric cancer in Korean Americans is over five times higher than that in non-Hispanic whites, and is similar to the incidence of colorectal cancer in the overall United States population. In Korea, the National Cancer Screening Program recommends endoscopy or upper gastrointestinal series for people aged 40 years and older every 2 years. However, the benefit of gastric ca...

BACKGROUND Up to 65% of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients had not been screened correctly before diagnosis resulting in increased stage of cancer at presentation. This study assessed whether their primary relatives are, in turn, assessed appropriately. METHODS An ethically approved prospective study involving 274 primary relatives of women diagnosed with breast cancer, between 2009-2012,...

In 2016, the Government of India launched a national program for screening and prevention oral, breast, cervical cancer. support, National Institute Cancer Prevention Research (NICPR) adopted Project ECHO (Extension Community Healthcare Outcomes) model training health care providers in cancer screening. We assess change knowledge skills among physicians attending hybrid (i.e., online person) NI...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer and ranks fourth among cancer deaths in women in Taiwan. In 2004, Taiwan’s Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health and Radiology Society of Republic of China collaborated to implement a program to monitor the quality and trained the people involved in a nationwide biennially mammography screening program for women between 50 and 69 years of age, ...