[Feasibility of colorectal cancer screening with fecal occult blood test distributed by public pharmacies].
We conducted a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program, in which public pharmacies provided the faecal occult blood test (FOBT), addressed to 50-70 years residents of 12th Municipality of Rome. A total of 5003 subjects were invited and 1103 (22.0%) performed the screening test, the adjusted compliance was 24.0%. Among 72 (6.5%) FOBT-positive subjects, 50 (69.5%) had colonoscopies; a CRC was detected in 5 subjects. Screening through the public pharmacies was feasible but the limited number of pharmacies enrolled have influenced compliance. A screening model that offers multiple providers (including private pharmacies) should be tested in order to improve screening compliance.
Pippa
Giovanna
G
Unità Operativa Complessa di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Ospedale Sant'Eugenio, Roma. pippag@tiscali.it
Ferrara
Marco
M
Valle
Sabrina
S
Diego
Baiocchi
B
Alessandra
Barca
B
Apuzzo
Marcella
M
Bazuro
Marco Emilio
ME
Tammaro
Gianfranco
G
Federici
Antonio
A
D000368:Aged; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012384:Rome / Q000453:epidemiology