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Effects of Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening on Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large Community-Based Population

Overview of attention for article published in Gastroenterology, July 2018
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Title
Effects of Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening on Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Large Community-Based Population
Published in
Gastroenterology, July 2018
DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.07.017
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Authors

Theodore R Levin, Douglas A Corley, Christopher D Jensen, Joanne E Schottinger, Virginia P Quinn, Ann G Zauber, Jeffrey K Lee, Wei K Zhao, Natalia Udaltsova, Nirupa R Ghai, Alexander T Lee, Charles P Quesenberry, Bruce H Fireman, Chyke A Doubeni

Abstract

Little information is available on the effectiveness of organized colorectal cancer (CRC) screening on screening uptake, incidence, and mortality in community-based populations. We contrasted screening rates, age-adjusted annual CRC incidence, and incidence-based mortality rates before (baseline year 2000) and after (through 2015) implementation of organized screening outreach, from 2007 through 2008 (primarily annual fecal immunochemical testing and colonoscopy), in a large, community-based population. Among screening-eligible individuals 51-75 years old, we calculated annual up to date status for cancer screening (by fecal test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy), CRC incidence, cancer stage distributions, and incidence-based mortality. Initiation of organized CRC screening significantly increased the up to date status of screening, from 38.9% in 2000 to 82.7% in 2015 (P<.01). Higher rates of screening were associated with a 25.5% reduction in annual CRC incidence between 2000 and 2015, from 95.8 to 71.4 cases/100,000 (P<.01), and a 52.4% reduction in cancer mortality, from 30.9 to 14.7 deaths/100,000 (P<.01). Increased screening was initially associated with increased CRC incidence, largely due to greater detection of early-stage cancers, followed by decreases in cancer incidence. Advanced-stage CRC incidence rates decreased 36.2%, from 45.9 to 29.3 cases/100,000 (P<.01), and early-stage CRC incidence rates decreased 14.5%, from 48.2 to 41.2 cases/100,000 (P<.04). Implementing an organized CRC screening program in a large, community-based population rapidly increased screening participation to the ≥80% target set by national organizations. Screening rates were sustainable and associated with substantial decreases in CRC incidence and mortality within short time intervals, consistent with early detection and cancer prevention.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 166 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 19 11%
Student > Bachelor 18 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 11%
Student > Master 17 10%
Researcher 13 8%
Other 23 14%
Unknown 58 35%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 33%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 5%
Engineering 6 4%
Computer Science 3 2%
Other 18 11%
Unknown 68 41%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 213. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 December 2023.
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#183,258
of 25,463,724 outputs
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#135
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#3,736
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Outputs of similar age from Gastroenterology
#3
of 118 outputs
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