Search Results - "ENGELHARD, Deborah"
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Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence in a General Population
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-04-2004)“…Background: This article describes the self-reported colorectal cancer (CRC) screening adherence rates of adults, aged 50 years and older, living in five…”
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False-Positive Cancer Screens and Health-related Quality of Life
Published in Cancer nursing (01-09-2004)“…By design, screening tests are imperfect—unresponsive to some cancers (false negatives) while occasionally raising suspicion of cancer where none exists (false…”
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Final results of the Lung Screening Study, a randomized feasibility study of spiral CT versus chest X-ray screening for lung cancer
Published in Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2005)“…The Lung Screening Study (LSS) was a pilot study designed to assess the feasibility of conducting a large scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of low…”
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A Randomized Trial of Direct Mailing of Fecal Occult Blood Tests To Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (19-05-2004)“…Background: Although colorectal cancer screening by using a fecal occult blood test (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or barium enema x-ray reduces…”
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Baseline Chest Radiograph for Lung Cancer Detection in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (21-12-2005)“…Background: The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial was initiated in 1992 to examine cause-specific mortality reduction from…”
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Recruitment methods employed in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening trial
Published in Clinical trials (London, England) (01-02-2009)“…Background The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) is a US National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded randomized controlled trial…”
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Recruitment strategies in the prostate, lung, colorectal and ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial: The first six years
Published in Controlled clinical trials (01-12-2000)“…The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial has a total enrollment goal of almost 150,000 participants. These participants are…”
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