title: [Population colorectal cancer screening in the Czech Republic].
abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignant disease in developed countries and its incidence is steadily growing. This trend has a stable character despite the fact that CRC is among the best prevention influenced malignancies. National CRC screening program in the Czech Republic, which was established in year 2000, follows the world trends resulting from evidence based medicine. Currently, the basic tools of screening program are immunochemical fecal occult blood tests and colonoscopy in case of their positivity or screening colonoscopy. Stagnation of participating population resulted to initiation of address invitation of the target population in January 2014, in which citizens are regularly invited to attend the screening program and their response is subsequently evaluated. Screening that impacts whole target group is called population screening.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  colorectal cancer, population screening program, colonoscopy, fecal occult blood tests, address invitation.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zavoral
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vojtěchová
authors.forename: Ondřej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Májek
authors.forename: Ondřej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Tomáš
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grega
authors.forename: Bohumil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: Ladislav
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dušek
authors.forename: Štěpán
authors.initials: Š
authors.lastname: Suchánek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018153:Czech Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*