Report on the Dutch Consensus Development Meeting for Implementation and Further Development of Population Screening for Colorectal Cancer Based on FOBT

A consensus development meeting was held to evaluate whether or not in the Netherlands all requirements were fulfilled for implementation of population screening with FOBT for colorectal cancer, or whether consensus was present that fulfilment by additional research or organisational actions could be obtained within 2–3 years. There was consensus that all classical Wilson and Jungner (1968) criteria, and six additional ones added more recently, had already been fulfilled or could be fulfilled within 2–3 years. Consequently, it was concluded that a national population screening for colorectal c... Mehr ...