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20356858

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Various cancer screening trials, randomised or otherwise controlled, have demonstrated reductions in cancer mortality. As a consequence, population screening programmes have been implemented. In the mean time, major advances are being made in early detection and treatment modalities of specific cancers and pre-cancers. The impact of these improvements should have bearing on the beneficial effect of periodical screening in preventing cancer death. To monitor these dynamics in the effectiveness of screening, case-referent studies are designed. The effectiveness is estimated by calculating an odds ratio indicating the cancer death rate in screened versus not screened invitees. The major criticisms of case referent studies are potential selection bias and confounding bias of the odds ratio. By properly designing and applying sensitivity analyses these biases can be minimised.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1477-0334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
487-505
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of cancer service screening: case referent studies recommended.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. a.verbeek@ebh.umcn.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies