Colorectal cancers detected through screening are associated with lower stages and improved survival

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lindebjerg, Jan ^a   Osler, Merete ^b   Bisgaard, Claus ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCULT BLOOD; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCULT BLOOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891821285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. www.ncin.org.uk/publications/data_briefings/colorectal_cancer_survival_ by_stage.aspx (1 May 2013).
2. Zauber AG, Winawer SJ, O'Brien MJ et al. Colonoscopic polypectomy and long-term prevention of colorectal-cancer deaths. N Engl J Med 2012;366:687-96.
3. Screening for colorectal cancer in the Counties of Vejle and Copenhagen. A transverse evaluation of a pilot project. Copenhagen: Research Centre for Prevention and Health, 2007.
4. http://dccg.dk/
5. Kafadar K, Prorok PC. A data-analytic approach for estimating lead time and screening benefit based on survival curves in randomized cancer screening trials. Stat Med 1994;13:569-86.
6. Logan RF, Patnick J, Nickerson C et al. Outcomes of the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) in England after the first 1 million tests. Gut 2012; 61:1439-46.
7. Cole SR, Tucker GR, Osborne JM et al. Shift to earlier stage at diagnosis as a consequence of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Med J Aust 2013;198:327-30.
8. Mapp TJ, Hardcastle JD, Moss SM. Survival of patients with colorectal cancer diagnosed in a randomized controlled trial of faecal occult blood screening. Br J Surg 1999;86:1286-91.
9. Frederiksen BL, Jørgensen T, Brasso K et al. Socioeconomic position and participation in colorectal cancer screening. Br J Cancer 2010;103:1496-501.