Family history-based colorectal cancer screening in Australia: A modelling study of the costs, benefits, and harms of different participation scenarios.

Family history-based colorectal cancer screening in Australia: A modelling study of the costs, benefits, and harms of different participation scenarios.

BACKGROUND:The Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (NBCSP) was introduced in 2006. When fully implemented, the programme will invite people aged 50 to 74 to complete an immunochemical faecal occult blood test (iFOBT) every 2 years. METHODS AND FINDINGS:To investigate colorectal canc...

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Main Authors: Mary Dillon, Louisa Flander, Daniel D Buchanan, Finlay A Macrae, Jon D Emery, Ingrid M Winship, Alex Boussioutas, Graham G Giles, John L Hopper, Mark A Jenkins, Driss Ait Ouakrim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-08-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002630

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002630

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