Journal of Colon and Rectal Cancer
Open Access
Compliance to Company Based Colorectal Cancer Screening in Germany using Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) - Results of Almost Half a Million FIT Tests
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-7061.jcrc-17-1624
Claudia PieperCorresponding author
Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry und Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45122 Essen, Germany,
Background Despite the existence of the statutory early cancer detection program in Germany and the removal of financial barriers, which is frequently reported in the literature to be the main obstacle in screening, uptake of colorectal cancer screening remains quite low. The campaign for colorectal…