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ENDOSCOPY
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 51-59Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325997
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- European Union through the EU Public Health Programme [2005317]
- Oxford University Cancer Screening Research Unit
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit
- University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology
- Centre for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
- CPO Piemonte
- AO Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Public Association for Healthy People, Budapest, Hungary
- European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), Utrecht, Netherlands
- Quality Assurance and Screening Groups
- Section of Early Detection and Prevention, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
- Public Affairs Committee of the United European Gastroenterology Federation
- American Cancer Society
- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Eiken Chemicals
- Olympus
- Falk
- Roche
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Population-based screening for early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and precursor lesions, using evidence-based methods, can be effective in populations with a significant burden of the disease provided the services are of high quality. Multidisciplinary, evidence-based guidelines for quality assurance in CRC screening and diagnosis have been developed by experts in a project co-financed by the European Union. The 450-page guidelines were published in book format by the European Commission in 2010. They include 10 chapters and over 250 recommendations, individually graded according to the strength of the recommendation and the supporting evidence. Adoption of the recommendations can improve and maintain the quality and effectiveness of an entire screening process, including identification and invitation of the target population, diagnosis and management of the disease and appropriate surveillance in people with detected lesions. To make the principles, recommendations and standards in the guidelines known to a wider professional and scientific community and to facilitate their use in the scientific literature, the original content is presented in journal format in an open-access Supplement of Endoscopy. The editors have prepared the present overview to inform readers of the comprehensive scope and content of the guidelines.
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