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Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey
BACKGROUND: With growing concerns about risk of harm from cancer screening, particularly from overdiagnosis, this study aimed to assess public attitudes to cancer screening in Great Britain. METHODS: We used a population-based survey to assess attitudes to cancer screening, screening history and dem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.643 |
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author | Waller, J Osborne, K Wardle, J |
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description | BACKGROUND: With growing concerns about risk of harm from cancer screening, particularly from overdiagnosis, this study aimed to assess public attitudes to cancer screening in Great Britain. METHODS: We used a population-based survey to assess attitudes to cancer screening, screening history and demographic characteristics, in men and women aged 50–80 years. Data were collected using face-to-face computer-assisted interviews in 2012. RESULTS: In our sample of 2024, attitudes to cancer screening were overwhelmingly positive with almost 90% believing that screening is ‘almost always a good idea' and 49% saying they would be tested for cancer even if it was untreatable. Attitudes were particularly positive among those who had previously taken part in breast or colorectal screening. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that attitudes to cancer screening are very positive in Great Britain. Widespread enthusiasm for cancer screening may hamper attempts to encourage a greater appreciation of the limitations and potential harms of screening. |
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spelling | pubmed-44536572015-06-10 Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey Waller, J Osborne, K Wardle, J Br J Cancer Short Communication BACKGROUND: With growing concerns about risk of harm from cancer screening, particularly from overdiagnosis, this study aimed to assess public attitudes to cancer screening in Great Britain. METHODS: We used a population-based survey to assess attitudes to cancer screening, screening history and demographic characteristics, in men and women aged 50–80 years. Data were collected using face-to-face computer-assisted interviews in 2012. RESULTS: In our sample of 2024, attitudes to cancer screening were overwhelmingly positive with almost 90% believing that screening is ‘almost always a good idea' and 49% saying they would be tested for cancer even if it was untreatable. Attitudes were particularly positive among those who had previously taken part in breast or colorectal screening. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that attitudes to cancer screening are very positive in Great Britain. Widespread enthusiasm for cancer screening may hamper attempts to encourage a greater appreciation of the limitations and potential harms of screening. Nature Publishing Group 2015-02-03 2014-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4453657/ /pubmed/25535731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.643 Text en Copyright © 2015 Cancer Research UK http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Short Communication Waller, J Osborne, K Wardle, J Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title | Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title_full | Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title_fullStr | Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title_short | Enthusiasm for cancer screening in Great Britain: a general population survey |
title_sort | enthusiasm for cancer screening in great britain: a general population survey |
topic | Short Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453657/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.643 |
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