Public Health Policy on Screening for Cancer - Related Resources

Cochrane reviews

Provision of verbal or written information about the procedure prior to a mammogram may reduce pain and discomfort of the procedure Interventions for Relieving the Pain and Discomfort of Screening Mammography.
Breast self examination is probably ineffective in screening for breast cancer Self Examination for Breast Cancer.
Active recruitment strategies are more effective than no intervention in increasing participation in breast cancer screening Strategies for Increasing Participation in Community Breast Cancer Screening.

Screening for ovarian cancer with CA 125 and ultrasound compared with usual care appears not to reduce ovarian cancer or total mortality, and appears to be associated with a considerable number of false-positive results and complications associated with surgeryScreening for Ovarian Cancer

Cervix Cancer Screening. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 10. Lyon: IARCPress 2005
Breast Cancer Screening. IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 7. Lyon: IARCPress, 2002
Moss SM, Cuckle H, Evans A, Johns L, Waller M, Bobrow L, Trial Management Group. Effect of mammographic screening from age 40 years on breast cancer mortality at 10 years' follow-up: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2006 Dec 9;368(9552):2053-60. [PubMed]
Hakama M, Hoff G, Kronborg O, Påhlman L. Screening for colorectal cancer. Acta Oncol 2005;44(5):425-39. [PubMed]
Malila N, Anttila A, Hakama M. Colorectal cancer screening in Finland: details of the national screening programme implemented in Autumn 2004. J Med Screen 2005;12(1):28-32. [PubMed]
Schröder FH, Hugosson J, Roobol MJ, Tammela TL et al; ERSPC Investigators. Screening and prostate-cancer mortality in a randomized European study. N Engl J Med 2009 Mar 26;360(13):1320-8. [PubMed]
Menon U, Gentry-Maharaj A, Hallett R et al. Sensitivity and specificity of multimodal and ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer, and stage distribution of detected cancers: results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS). Lancet Oncol 2009 Apr;10(4):327-40. [PubMed]
Malila N, Oivanen T, Hakama M. Implementation of colorectal cancer screening in Finland: experiences from the first three years of a public health programme. Z Gastroenterol 2008 Apr;46 Suppl 1():S25-8. [PubMed]

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