Association between socioeconomic deprivation and colorectal cancer screening outcomes: Low uptake rates among the most and least deprived people.

<h4>Background</h4>Screening with faecal occult blood tests reduces colorectal cancer-related mortality; however, age, sex and socioeconomic factors affect screening outcomes and could lead to unequal mortality benefits. The aim of this study was to describe the main outcomes of the popu...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Andrea Buron, Josep M Auge, Maria Sala, Marta Román, Antoni Castells, Francesc Macià, Mercè Comas, Carolina Guiriguet, Xavier Bessa, Xavier Castells, and the PROCOLON research group
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0179864&type=printable