title: Effective screening for bowel cancer: a United kingdom perspective.
abstract: Bowel cancer is a major cause of morbidity and death and is a high cost to health care systems. Screening currently offers the best chance of improving outcomes from bowel cancer. When introducing screening, the problems encountered in other cancers need to be avoided to maximize benefits and minimize harms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Michael.Thompson@porthosp.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Robert J C
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Steele
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Atkin
mesh_terms: D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009780:Occult Blood; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom