| Towards standardizing and reporting colorectal cancer screening indicators on an international level: The international colorectal cancer screening network (ICRCSN). | |
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PMID: 21792895 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The International Colorectal Cancer Screening Network (ICRCSN) was established in 2003 to promote best practice in the delivery of organized colorectal cancer screening programs. To facilitate evaluation of such programs, we defined a set of universally applicable colorectal cancer screening measures and indicators. To test the feasibility of data collection, we requested data on these variables and basic program characteristics from 26 organized full programs and 9 pilot programs in 24 countries. The size of the target population for each program varied considerably from a few thousand to 36 million. The majority of programs used fecal occult blood tests for primary screening, with more using guaiac than immunochemical tests. There was wide variation in the ability of screening programs to report the requested measures, and in the values reported. In general, pilot programs were more likely to provide screening measure values than were full programs. As expected, detection rates for polyps and neoplasia were substantially higher in programs screening with endoscopy than in those using fecal occult blood tests. It is hoped that the screening measures and indicators, once revised in the light of this survey, will be adopted and used by existing programs and those in the early planning stages, allowing international comparison with the goal of improved colorectal cancer screening quality. |
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Victoria S Benson; Wendy S Atkin; Jane Green; Marion R Nadel; Julietta Patnick; Robert A Smith; Patricia Villain; |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-25 |
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Title: International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer Volume: - ISSN: 1097-0215 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-7-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0042124 Medline TA: Int J Cancer Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 UICC. |
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Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, England, United Kingdom. vicky.benson@ceu.ox.ac.uk. Tel. |
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