When even people at high risk do not take up colorectal cancer screening

Uri Ladabaum

doi:10.1136/gut.2007.125823

When even people at high risk do not take up colorectal cancer screening

Gut. 2007 Dec;56(12):1648-50. doi: 10.1136/gut.2007.125823.

Author

Uri Ladabaum¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, University of California. 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, USA. uri.ladabaum@ucsf.edu

Abstract

Despite the most intense efforts by medical professionals, a significant fraction of people who we believe “should” be screened are not being screened

Publication types

Comment
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Colorectal Neoplasms / psychology
Health Behavior
Humans
Mass Screening / psychology*
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Compliance