Temporal trend in socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of cancer screening programmes in France between 2005 and 2010: results from the Cancer Barometer surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Cancer screening is a form of secondary prevention for a disease which is now the leading cause of death in France. Various socioeconomic indicators have been identified as potential factors for disparities in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening uptake. We aimed to identify the socioeconomic inequalities, which persisted in screening uptake for these cancers, and to quantify these disparities over a 5-year period.

Setting

The Cancer Barometer was a population-based-survey carried out in 2005 and 2010 in France.

Participants

A randomly selected sample of participants aged 15-85 years (n=3820 in 2005 and n=3727 in 2010) were interviewed on their participation in breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening-programmes and their socioeconomic p

SUBMITTER: Kelly DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736043 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature