title: [Cancer screening practices of general practitioners working in the Fez Prefecture health center].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  General practitioners can play a key role in prevention and early detection of cancer. The aim of this study was to assess their current clinical practices concerning risk factors such as smoking, alcohol, diet and cancer screening.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administered questionnaire was sent to GPs working at the Fez Prefecture health centre (Morocco).Questions concerned primary prevention (smoking, alcohol, diet, sun exposure) and cancer screening (breast, uterine cervix, colon-rectum, prostate, skin cancers).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participation rate was 75.8%. The average age of GPs was 45.6 ± 6.8 years and 53.8% were female. Monitoring training on cancer prevention was reported by 25.6% of GPs. We noted a great diversity for screening, even for cancers with a consensus concerning the role of screening, such as breast, and uterine cervix cancers. Many physicians reported ordering prostate- specific antigen tests (70.2%) but only 6.7% ordered faecal occult blood tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study emphasizes the need to improve the general practitioners' knowledge on cancer screening.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Fakir
authors.forename: Naima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abda
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Najdi
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bendahou
authors.forename: Majdouline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obtel
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berraho
authors.forename: Chakib
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nejjari
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009018:Morocco; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires