title: [Cancer screening programme in health care workers].
abstract: From the 2002 through 2009 years 419 health care workers of the Hospital of Lecco, occupationally exposed to X-ray, were invited to undergo a cancer screening programme for the early diagnosis of cervical, breast, colorectal and prostate cancers. A total of 341 subjects performed the screening tests with an overall compliance of 83,8%; the participation rate to each test was significantly higher than that of general population. Breast cancer was diagnosed and treated in 5 women, cervical premalignant lesions in 8 women and colorectal adenomas in 13 subjects; no prostate cancer was detected. The participation rate, the premalignant and malignant findings and the cost-effectiveness analysis are consistent with the possibility that cancer screening programme can be set out as health promotion activity in health care workers.
authors.affiliation: S.C. Medicina del Lavoro, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lecco, Lecco, Italy. g.pisati@ospedale.lecco.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pisati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cerri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marinelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valsecchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000191:economics; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008327:Mammography / Q000191:economics; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control