Colorectal cancer screening in Europe

Table 6 Colorectal cancer screening programs in 2007

	Program		Test type	Screening interval years or times in LT	Age eligible national population
	Type	Status			Age (yr)	Persons (× 1000)
Austria	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	1 or 2	> 50	2210
	NonPB	Natw	CS	10	> 50	2210
Belgium	No Prog					2880
Bulgaria	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	1	> 31	2340
Cyprus	PB	Natw-plan	FOBT	1 in LT	50	10
	PB	Natw-plan	CS	1 in LT	55	10
Czech Republic	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	2	> 50	3010
Denmark	No Prog					1540
Estonia	No Prog					370
Finland	PB	Natw-roll ong	FOBT	2	60-69	570
France	PB	Natw-roll ong	FOBT	2	50-74	16 600
Germany	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	1 and 2	> 50	24 500
	NonPB	Natw	CS	10 (2 in LT)	55-74	18 800
Greece	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	5	> 50	3180
	NonPB	Natw	CS	5	> 50	3180
Hungary	PB	Natw-pilot	FOBT	2	50-70	2630
Ireland	No Prog					940
Italy	PB	Natw-roll ong	FOBT	2	50-69 (70-75)	13 800
	PB	Reg-roll ong	FS	1 in LT	58 or 60	80
Latvia	NonPB	Natw	FOBT	1	> 50	630
Lithuania	No Prog					870
Luxembourg	No Prog					120
Malta	No Prog					120
Netherlands	No Prog					4460
Poland	PB	Natw-roll ong	CS	10	50-65	7500
Portugal	PB	Natw-plan	FOBT	2	50-70	2520
Romania	PB	Natw-plan	FOBT	2	50-74	5800
Slovak Republic	NonPB	Natw	FOBT		> 50	1360
	NonPB	Natw-plan	CS	10	> 50	1360
Slovenia	PB	Natw-plan	FOBT	2	50-69	490
Spain	PB	Reg-pilot	FOBT	2	50-69	210
Sweden	PB	Reg-plan	FOBT	2	60-69	220
UK	PB	Natw-roll ong	FOBT	2	(50) 60-69 (74)	7600
Dual prog/test						-25 630
Subtotal						106 490
Excluded pop.						29 500
Total						135 990

PB: Population based; Prog: Program; Natw: Nationwide; Reg: Regional; Plan: Planning; Roll ong: Rollout ongoing; Pilot: Piloting; CS: Colonoscopy; LT: Lifetime. dual prog/test: Individuals entered twice due to screening programs of different implementation or using different screening tests. excluded pop.: Individuals excluded from national target populations due to regional or national variations in the age group targeted for screening, or due to lack of screening programs in some regions of countries with regional implementation status. Adapted from: von Karsa L, Anttila A, Ronco G, Ponti A, Malila N, Arbyn M, Segnan N, Castillo-Beltran M, Boniol M, Ferlay J, Hery C, Sauvaget C, Voti L, Autier P. Cancer screening in the European Union. Report on the implementation of the Council Recommendation on cancer screening - First Report. ISBN 978-92-79-08934-3. European Communities (publ.) Printed in Luxembourg by the services of the European Commission, 2008. Available from: URL: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/genetics/documents/cancer_screening.pdf. Last accessed on August 4, 2009.