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7851847

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
The Czech program of colorectal cancer screening differs from most foreign programs in a number of points. The age interval of screened population was limited to 45 to 60 years. Screening was multicentric, with one reference center. More than 95% of the subjects screened were asymptomatic employees of various factories, boards and institutions. Total colonoscopy was the primary procedure in all Haemoccult-positive subjects. Some 109,213 subjects received 3 Haemoccult slides. Compliance was 83.1%, and Haemoccult was positive in 2.92% of the subjects. The diagnostic program revealed 347 (13.1%) cancers, 763 adenomas in 592 (22.2%) subjects, and other bleeding conditions in 1043 (39.2%) persons. Dukes A or B colorectal cancer was found in two-thirds of the screened subjects and in only one-third of non-screened symptomatic patients. Average diagnostic and therapeutic costs were almost the same in both groups. Gross national product savings realized by one asymptomatic subject were 315,540 Czechoslovak Crowns (approximately 18,560 US-dollars at the 1989 exchange rates). The adapted program was found to be effective, and its use in a population with a high incidence of colorectal neoplasia deserves consideration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0172-6390
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
An adapted program of colorectal cancer screening--7 years experience and cost-benefit analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study