Journal article
Survival impact of the Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
S Ananda, H Wong, I Faragher, IT Jones, M Steele, S Kosmider, J Desai, J Tie, K Field, R Wong, B Tran, S Bae, P Gibbs
Internal Medicine Journal | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12916
Abstract
Background: The Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) has been offering age-based faecal occult blood testing since 2006. With the rapid expansion of this programme, the NBCSP will ultimately offer biennial screening to all 50-74years old by 2020. Participation rates remain low. Previous reports have described an increased proportion of earlier stage cancers in patients with NBCSP-detected tumours. Methods: Data on consecutive patients enrolled into a prospective, comprehensive, multidisciplinary database at six Victorian hospitals were examined. Clinicopathologic and outcome data were compared for NBCSP and symptomatic presentation patients. Results: We identified 3743 ..
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