Effectiveness, benefit harm and cost effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Austria

Abstract Background Clear evidence on the benefit-harm balance and cost effectiveness of population-based screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is missing. We aim to systematically evaluate the long-term effectiveness, harms and cost effectiveness of different organized CRC screening strategies in A...

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Main Authors: Beate Jahn, Gaby Sroczynski, Marvin Bundo, Nikolai Mühlberger, Sibylle Puntscher, Jovan Todorovic, Ursula Rochau, Willi Oberaigner, Hendrik Koffijberg, Timo Fischer, Irmgard Schiller-Fruehwirth, Dietmar Öfner, Friedrich Renner, Michael Jonas, Monika Hackl, Monika Ferlitsch, Uwe Siebert, on behalf of the Austrian Colorectal Cancer Screening Model Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-019-1121-y