Effects of evidence-based strategies to reduce the socioeconomic gradient of uptake in the English NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (ASCEND): four cluster-randomised controlled trials

Uptake in the national colorectal cancer screening programme in England varies by socioeconomic status. We assessed four interventions aimed at reducing this gradient, with the intention of improving the health benefits of screening. All people eligible for screening (men and women aged 60–74 years)...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 387; no. 10020; pp. 751 - 759
Main Authors:	Wardle, Jane, von Wagner, Christian, Kralj-Hans, Ines, Halloran, Stephen P, Smith, Samuel G, McGregor, Lesley M, Vart, Gemma, Howe, Rosemary, Snowball, Julia, Handley, Graham, Logan, Richard F, Rainbow, Sandra, Smith, Steve, Thomas, Mary C, Counsell, Nicholas, Morris, Steve, Duffy, Stephen W, Hackshaw, Allan, Moss, Sue, Atkin, Wendy, Raine, Rosalind
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 20.02.2016 Elsevier Limited Elsevier
Subjects:	Aged Colorectal cancer Colorectal carcinoma Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis Correspondence as Topic Early Detection of Cancer - statistics & numerical data England Evidence-Based Medicine - methods Female Humans Internal Medicine Low income groups Male Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Medical screening Middle Aged Occult Blood Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Reminder Systems Social Class Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomics State Medicine - organization & administration United Kingdom > UK England
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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