Organised colorectal cancer screening in Lampang Province, Thailand: preliminary results from a pilot implementation programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third-most and fifth-most common cancer in men and women, in Thailand. The increasing CRC incidence and mortality can be reduced by screening and treating adenomas and early cancers. A pilot CRC screening programme using immunochemical faecal occult blood testing (iFOBT) and colonoscopy for test-positives were implemented through the routine Government Health Services in Lampang Province, to inform the acceptability, feasibility and scaling-up of screening in Thailand. This report describes the implementation, coverage and performance indicators of this project.

Design

A target population aged 50-65 years was informed about and invited face to face to undergo CRC screening by community health workers (HWs). The HWs provided faecal sam

SUBMITTER: Khuhaprema T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902312 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature