A combined breast, cervical and @entity14 screening programme was set up in 1990 in Is  re, for @entity1 aged 50-69 years (target population 100,000) comprising an initial medical visit. The programme was evaluated in 1997. The evaluation covered uptake results, sensitivity, specificity, two opinion surveys among 1025 physicians and 400 @entity1 to measure the impact, and three surveys regarding radiologists', gastroenterologists' and pathologists' attitudes. Sensitivity and specificity rates were 74 and 87% for breast, 83 and 99% for cervical and 43 and 97% for colorectal screening. The number of cervical smears completed by @entity1 aged 60-69 years doubled with the programme. Acceptability of the faecal occult blood test was 88%. Eighty percent of physicians were in favour of the programme but 67% said that they often prescribed outside the programme. Overall, 71% of the interviewed @entity1 said they had had a breast screen, 69% a Pap smear and 53% a faecal occult blood test when only 25-35% of the target population was actually recorded in the programme. This programme increased the uptake of @entity1 not previously screened both within and outside the programme. It showed discrepancies between beliefs and practices of physicians. Protocol changes were implemented after this evaluation.

Evaluation of a combined screening programme for breast, cervical and XXXX in France.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancers']
