Training primary care physicians to offer their patients faecal occult blood testing and colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening on an equal basis: a pilot intervention with before-after and parallel group surveys.

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Published in BMJ Open on May 13, 2016

Authors

Kevin Selby1, Jacques Cornuz1, David Gachoud2, Jean-Luc Bulliard3, Cristina Nichita4, Gian Dorta4, Cyril Ducros5, Reto Auer6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Education Unit, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
3: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
4: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
5: Canton of Vaud Foundation for Cancer Screening, Lausanne, Switzerland.
6: Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Associated clinical trials:

Randomized Controlled Trial on Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Quality Circles of Primary Care Physicians | NCT03510858

Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Physicians of the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network | NCT03552744

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