To date, there was no controlled-study regarding awareness and knowledge of colorectal cancer in the Turkish population. We therefore designed a questionnaire consisting of items related to socio-demographic parameters, medical and family history and questions of awareness and knowledge about colorectal cancer for use in a descriptive cross-sectional study. An interviewer-administered technique...

Objective To assess the feasibility of introducing into the UK’s NHS a national screening programme for colorectal cancer based on faecal occult blood testing. Design Demonstration pilot. Setting Two English health authorities and three Scottish health boards. Participants People aged 50-69 years. Results 478 250 residents of the pilot areas were invited to take part in the screening programme....

OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of introducing into the UK's NHS a national screening programme for colorectal cancer based on faecal occult blood testing. DESIGN Demonstration pilot. SETTING Two English health authorities and three Scottish health boards. PARTICIPANTS People aged 50-69 years. RESULTS 478,250 residents of the pilot areas were invited to take part in the screening pr...

20 THE AVAILABLE FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTS— THE GUAIAC TESTS (GT) In 1985, Simon published an excellent review of FOBT testing for colorectal cancer (11). He stated that the concept of occult blood detection is generally credited to Van Deen, who in 1864 used gum guaiac, as an indicator reagent. Boas was the first to demonstrate its value for the detection of bowel malignancy (12) and Greegor wa...

Colorectal cancer is the second commonest cause of cancer death in the UK. An effective national screening programme is urgently required to reduce the substantial morbidity and mortality from the disease. The success of any screening programme will depend on the screening test detecting early Dukes's A carcinomas and adenomatous polyps. Prognosis is directly related to tumour staging and a pro...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer is the third most frequent cancer in the world. As the sojourn time for this cancer is several years and a good prognosis is associated with early stage diagnosis, screening has been implemented in a number of countries. Both screening with faecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy have been shown to reduce mortality from colorectal cancer in randomised co...