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Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Quality assurance (QA) is a process that includes the systematic evaluation of a service, institution of improvements and ongoing evaluation to ensure that effective changes were made.
Robert J Hilsden +5 more
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Colorectal Cancer Screening [PDF]
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2012 Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most common malignancy worldwide if men and women are considered together, with more than 1,200,000 new cases per year. The highest incidence rates are found in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and North America. In addition, it represents, after lung cancer, the second leading cause of cancer-related death among these ...
Quintero, E +3 more
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Health Technology Assessment, 2019 Background: In the UK, patients with one or two adenomas, of which at least one is ≥ 10 mm in size, or three or four small adenomas, are deemed to be at intermediate risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) and referred for surveillance colonoscopy 3 years post ...
Wendy Atkin +21 more
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Cancer stigma and cancer screening attendance: a population based survey in England
BMC Cancer, 2019 Background Cancer-related stigma attracts considerable research interest, but few studies have examined stigmatisation in the healthy population. Qualitative studies suggest that stigma can discourage people from attending cancer screening.
Charlotte Vrinten +3 more
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Optimal interval of endoscopic screening based on stage distributions of detected gastric cancers
BMC Cancer, 2017 Background Although Korea and Japan have a national gastric cancer screening program, their screening intervals are different. The optimal screening interval of endoscopic screening in Japan was investigated based on the stage distributions of screen ...
Chisato Hamashima +4 more
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Prostate Cancer Screening [PDF]
Medical Clinics of North America, 2004 During the prostate-specific antigen-based prostate cancer (PCa) screening era there has been a 53% decrease in the US PCa mortality rate. Concerns about overdiagnosis and overtreatment combined with misinterpretation of clinical trial data led to a recommendation against PCa screening, resulting in a subsequent reversion to more high-risk disease at ...
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Radiology and Oncology, 2018 We assessed the incidence and characteristics of interval cancers after faecal immunochemical occult blood test and calculated the test sensitivity in Slovenian colorectal cancer screening programme.
Mlakar Dominika Novak +3 more
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Intermittent attendance at breast cancer screening
Journal of Public Health Research, 2013 Background. To determine why women skip rounds and factors influencing return of previous non attenders (PNAs) to breast screening. Design and methods. Retrospective, quantitative, structured questionnaire posted to 2500 women.
Padraic Fleming +4 more
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Testicular Cancer: To Screen or Not to Screen? [PDF]
Journal of Medical Screening, 1996 Objectives— To evaluate the evidence for and against routine testicular cancer screening by primary health care providers and patients (testicular self examination). Setting— Low reported frequency of routine screening for testicular ...
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Prostate Cancer: To Screen or not to Screen [PDF]
Acta Oncologica, 1991 Screening for early detection of prostate cancer seems both necessary and possible but it remains to be proven that it can lower mortality from the disease. Until properly evaluated, the risks of screening at present do not justify either the cost or the potential benefit that could result.
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