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Mammography screening: views from women and primary care physicians in Crete [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of death from cancer in women in Europe. Although breast cancer incidence is on the rise worldwide, breast cancer mortality over the past 25 years has been ...
A Hackshaw   +52 more
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Promotion and provision of colorectal cancer screening: a comparison of colorectal cancer control program grantees and nongrantees, 2011-2012. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
IntroductionSince 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded nearly $95 million to 29 states and tribes through the Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) to fund 2 program components: 1) providing colorectal cancer (CRC ...
DeGroff, Amy   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

International Anal Neoplasia Society's consensus guidelines for anal cancer screening

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer
The International Anal Neoplasia Society (IANS) developed consensus guidelines to inform anal cancer screening use among various high‐risk groups. Anal cancer incidence estimates by age among risk groups provided the basis to identify risk thresholds to ...
Elizabeth A. Stier   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of variations in hysterectomy status on population coverage by cervical screening

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objectives: To investigate geographic differences in hysterectomy rates and effects on estimated screening coverage in South Australia. Methods: Hysterectomy data from South Australian hospitals for 1992–2000 were used to calculate age‐specific ...
Kerri Beckmann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer: Overdiagnosis in randomised controlled trials of breast cancer screening [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Data from randomised controlled trials of mammographic screening can be used to determine the extent of any overdiagnosis, as soon as either a time equivalent to the lead-time has elapsed after the final screen, or the control arm has been offered ...
AB Miller   +18 more
core   +3 more sources

Systematic Review of the Methodology Quality in Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines

open access: yesChinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2016
Background and objective Lung cancer is the most common malignancy and screening can decrease the mortality. High quality screening guideline is necessary and important for effective work. Our study is to review and evaluate the basic characteristics and
Jiang LI   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of a Community Health Worker–Driven Approach to Screen Hard-to-Reach Periurban Women Using Self-Sampled HPV Detection Test in India

open access: yesJCO Global Oncology, 2020
PURPOSE Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) in self-collected vaginal samples can significantly improve participation of hard-to-reach women; however, the implementation of such an approach in a real-life setting, especially in countries ...
Usha Rani Poli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to cervical screening among older women from hard-to-reach groups: a qualitative study in England

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Cervical screening attendance among 50–64 year-olds is suboptimal. Understanding attitudes to screening and reasons for non-attendance in older women will help to identify the content of interventions for this age group.
Laura Marlow   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colorectal Cancer Screening

open access: yesSeminars in Roentgenology, 2015
Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is well suited to screening. It is a common disease, affecting approximately 1 in 20 adults in the United States and Europe, ultimately proving fatal in almost 50%of cases. Symptoms are frequently nonspecific and are often common (eg, change in bowel habit and abdominal pain), leading many patients to ignore the ...
Plumb, AA, Halligan, S
openaire   +3 more sources

Lung Cancer Screening [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Clinics of North America, 2017
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. More than 80% of these deaths are attributed to tobacco use, and primary prevention can effectively reduce the cancer burden. The National Lung Screening Trial showed that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening could reduce lung cancer mortality in high-risk patients by 20 ...
Richard M, Hoffman, Rolando, Sanchez
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