title: The First Transatlantic Symposium on Colorectal Cancer Screening.
abstract: The First Transatlantic Symposium on Strategies to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening was held on April 20th 2009 in New York City at the prestigious location of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. About 100 invited individuals, including experts in CRC screening and public awareness, clinicians, and researchers, discussed various topics in CRC screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, and the Cancer Registry of Norway, Centre for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Oslo, Norway. mbretthauer@nejm.org
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bretthauer
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005060:Europe; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States