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- Title
French colorectal cancer screening pilot programme: results of the first round.
- Authors
Goulard, Hélène; Boussac-Zarebska, Marjorie; Ancelle-Park, Rosemary; Bloch, Juliette
- Abstract
In France, a national pilot population-based screening programme on colorectal cancer was set up in 2002. In 2006, 23 French districts were included, targeting a population of more than five million people. This programme offers biennial screening using the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to average risk subjects aged between 50 and 74 years. People receive a letter inviting them to consult their GPs, who in turn provide the FOBT. People with a positive test result are proposed a full colonoscopy. The results of the programme's first-round performance indicators are presented.
- Publication
Journal of medical screening, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 3, p143
- ISSN
0969-1413
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1258/jms.2008.008004