Cost-effectiveness of family history-based colorectal cancer screening in Australia

Driss A Ouakrim; Alex Boussioutas; Trevor Lockett; John L Hopper; Mark A Jenkins

Journal article

Cost-effectiveness of family history-based colorectal cancer screening in Australia

Driss A Ouakrim, Alex Boussioutas, Trevor Lockett, John L Hopper, Mark A Jenkins

BMC Cancer | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-261

University of Melbourne Researchers

Driss Ait Ouakrim Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

John Hopper Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Alex Boussioutas Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Mark Jenkins Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Grants

Awarded by NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence

Funding Acknowledgements

Driss A Ouakrim was supported by a Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation PhD scholarship (CSIRO, Preventative Heath Flagship) and by an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence grant (APP1042021). Mark A Jenkins is supported by a National Health & Medical Research Council, Australia Senior Research Fellow grant. The study was conducted independently of funding agencies.