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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2016; 22(20): 4946-4957
Published online May 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i20.4946
Published online May 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i20.4946
Colorectal cancer screening in countries of European Council outside of the EU-28
Emma Altobelli, Francesco D’Aloisio, Paolo Matteo Angeletti, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Emma Altobelli, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, AUSL Teramo, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Author contributions: Altobelli E contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review, drafting and critical revision and editing; D’Aloisio F participated to literature search and participated in writing the paper; Angeletti PM participated to literature search, acquired the data and participated in writing the paper; all authors have approved the final version of manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declared no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Emma Altobelli, Professor, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Piazzale Salvatore Tommasi 1, 67100 L’Aquila, Coppito (Aq), Italy. emma.altobelli@cc.univaq.it
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Received: March 6, 2016
Peer-review started: March 7, 2016
First decision: April 1, 2016
Revised: April 13, 2016
Accepted: May 4, 2016
Article in press: May 4, 2016
Published online: May 28, 2016
Peer-review started: March 7, 2016
First decision: April 1, 2016
Revised: April 13, 2016
Accepted: May 4, 2016
Article in press: May 4, 2016
Published online: May 28, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: In the WHO Europe Region, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the first tumour with 471000 new cases per year and a mortality rate of 28.2 per 100000 population. Large-scale studies have found a reduction in mortality due to the adoption of population-based screening programmes. A 2010 European Parliament resolution called for the adoption of prevention programmes. As a result, some member states have begun enacting programmes, others are organising strategies for CRC screening implementation, and others still are moving from pilot projects to national-scale programmes. The present systematic review provides an update on CRC screening programmes in non EU-28 European Council States.