Community‐based multiple screening model

2004160 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Chien‐Jen Chen · Directorate-General for Interpretation

Yueh‐Hsia Chiu · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Dih‐Ling Luh · Chung Shan Medical University

Ming‐Fang Yen · National Taiwan University

Huimin Wu · National Taiwan University

Sam Li‐Sheng Chen · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Tao‐Hsin Tung

Abstract

The results of the current study demonstrate that an outreach and community-based multiple screening program not only enhances attendance rates but also has a high yield of early cases of various diseases simultaneously, and provides a natural opportunity to elucidate the correlation between neoplastic disease and nonneoplastic chronic disease.

Topics & Keywords

Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 100, Issue 8, pp. 1734-1743

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20171

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