Effective screening for bowel cancer: a United Kingdom perspective

Michael R. Thompson; Robert J. C. Steele; W. S. Atkin

doi:10.1007/s10350-005-0282-7

Effective screening for bowel cancer: a United Kingdom perspective

Michael R. Thompson
, Robert J. C. Steele
, W. S. Atkin

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Abstract

Bowel cancer is a major cause of morbidity and death and is a high cost to health care systems. Screening currently offers the best chance of improving outcomes from bowel cancer. When introducing screening, the problems encountered in other cancers need to be avoided to maximize benefits and minimize harms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	895-908
Number of pages	14
Journal	Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-005-0282-7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2006

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Adenomatous Polyps
Colonoscopy
Great Britain
Humans
Intestinal Neoplasms
Intestinal Polyps
Mass Screening
Occult Blood
Patient Compliance
Patient Education as Topic
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment

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Effective screening for bowel cancer: a United Kingdom perspective

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