Colon Cancer

New Colon Cancer Research from K.E. Nnoaham and Colleagues Discussed

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 18th, 2011

2011 JAN 18 -- According to a study from Newbury, the United Kingdom, "Uptake of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening in UK is less than 60%. Geodemographic typologies are useful in describing patterns of individual preventive health behaviour but little is known of their value in assessing uptake of CRC screening, or how this compares to traditional measures of area deprivation."

"We used data on CRC screening uptake in the South Central, South-East Coast and South-West U.K. National Health Service regions in multilevel logistic regression to describe the effects of individual composition and contextual factors (area deprivation and geodemographic segments)...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-01-18)

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