The short to medium term benefits of the Australian colorectal cancer screening program

Med J Aust. 2021 Feb;214(2):90-92. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50859. Epub 2020 Nov 23.

Authors

Sasha Taylor¹, Farhad Salimi¹, Arul Earnest¹, Alexander G Heriot^{2

3}, John R Zalcberg¹, Susannah Ahern^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
² Epworth HealthCare, Melbourne, VIC.
³ Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
⁴ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 33230836
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50859

No abstract available

Keywords: Colorectal neoplasms; Colorectal surgery; Mass screening; Registries.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Australia
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control*
Early Detection of Cancer / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Occult Blood*
Patient Preference / statistics & numerical data*