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J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:899-902 doi:10.1136/jech.56.12.899
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Cancer screening

  1. A Barratt1,
  2. P Mannes1,
  3. L Irwig1,
  4. L Trevena3,
  5. J Craig1,
  6. L Rychetnik2
  1. 1Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
  2. 2School of Public Health, University of Sydney
  3. 3Department of General Practice, University of Sydney
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr A Barratt, Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;
 alexb{at}health.usyd.edu.au

    Abstract

    “Screening is the systematic application of a test or inquiry, to identify individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventive action, among persons who have not sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder.”1

    Footnotes

    • ↵* The number of cancers detected by a screening programme or the prevalence of detected cancers at a screening round is also sometimes referred to as the detection rate.1

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