Text-message Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS): a randomised controlled trial
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Text Reminders in Colorectal Cancer Screening (TRICCS): Protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND Screening with the guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt) is associated with improved colorectal cancer (CRC) survival, and is offered biennially to men and women aged 60-74 years in England's national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP). Uptake of the gFOBt is low, with only 54 % of the eligible population completing the test. Text-message reminders could improve uptake of gFOB...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2017.117