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Adult nursing
Cohort study
Repeat invitations to non-attenders increase uptake of colorectal cancer screening; incidence screening continues to detect important cancers
  1. Beverly Greenwald
  1. Angelo State University, Department of Nursing, San Angelo, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to Beverly Greenwald
    PO Box 10155, Fargo, ND 58106-0155, USA; beverly.greenwald{at}angelo.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn1139

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    Commentary on: Steele RJ, Kostourou I, McClements P, et al. Effect of repeated invitations on uptake of colorectal cancer screening using faecal occult blood testing: analysis of prevalence and incidence screening. BMJ 2010;341:c5531.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Colorectal cancer: preventable and treatable

    Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women. CRC is preventable by polypectomy, and, with proper screening, it can be found in early stages when the disease is most treatable, minimising morbidity and mortality. The American Cancer Society recommends screening for average-risk adults to start at age 50, but about half of the people who should be screened are not screened. The faecal occult blood test (FOBT) is an inexpensive and convenient CRC screening option. A positive FOBT should be followed with a diagnostic colonoscopy.1

    Benefits of repeated invitations for screening

    Steele and associates extended …

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