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Cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening - an overview.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20833348     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There are several modalities available for a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program. When determining which CRC screening program to implement, the costs of such programs should be considered in comparison to the health benefits they are expected to provide. Cost-effectiveness analysis provides a tool to do this. In this paper we review the evidence on the cost-effectiveness of CRC screening. Published studies universally indicate that when compared with no CRC screening, all screening modalities provide additional years of life at a cost that is deemed acceptable by most industrialized nations. Many recent studies even find CRC screening to be cost-saving. However, when the alternative CRC screening strategies are compared against each other in an incremental cost-effectiveness analysis, no single optimal strategy emerges across the studies. There is consensus that the new technologies of stool DNA testing, computed tomographic colonography and capsule endoscopy are not yet cost-effective compared with the established CRC screening tests.
Authors:
Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar; Amy B Knudsen; Hermann Brenner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1532-1916     ISO Abbreviation:  Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-13     Completed Date:  2010-12-07     Revised Date:  2011-08-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101120605     Medline TA:  Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  439-49     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. i.vogelaar@erasmusmc.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Capsule Endoscopy / economics
Colonography, Computed Tomographic / economics
Colonoscopy / economics
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis,  economics*,  prevention & control
Cost-Benefit Analysis / statistics & numerical data,  trends*
Early Detection of Cancer / economics*,  statistics & numerical data,  trends*
Feces
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / economics*,  methods,  trends*
Occult Blood
Quality-Adjusted Life Years
Sigmoidoscopy / economics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
U01 CA097426-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA097426-06/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA097426-07/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA097426-08/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA115953-01/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA115953-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA115953-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA115953-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01 CA115953-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01-CA-088204/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01-CA-097426/CA/NCI NIH HHS; U01-CA-115953/CA/NCI NIH HHS
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