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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454517303321

Titolo

Implementing colorectal cancer screening [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Margie Patlak, Christine Micheel, and Robert German, rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

9786611973063

0-309-12140-X

1-281-97306-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GermanRobert K

MicheelChristine

PatlakMargie

Disciplina

616.9943470756

Soggetti

Colon (Anatomy) - Cancer - Diagnosis

Medical screening

Rectum - Cancer - Diagnosis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Workshop proceedings.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening: Workshop Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""Natural history and epidemiology""; ""Effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening""; ""Screening strategies""; ""Effectiveness of community- and office-based interventions""; ""Overcoming barriers to screening""; ""Public and patient interventions to implement screening""; ""Primary care practice interventions to implement screening""; ""Gastrointestinal specialty practice concerns""; ""State and federal initiatives to boost colorectal cancer screening""

""Employer-based initiatives to increase screening""""Strategies to monitor performance""; ""Interventions to address costs of developing and maintaining screening programs""; ""General discussion and wrap-up""; ""Acronyms""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Workshop Speakers""; ""Appendix C:



Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Background Paper""; ""Appendix D: The Medical Home""