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ArticleJCO global oncology2020

Feasibility of Brigade-Style, Multiphasic Cancer Screening in Rural Honduras.

Kathleen Doyle Lyons, Linda S Kennedy, Ethan P M Larochelle, Gregory J Tsongalis, H Sarahi Reyes, J C Zuniga-Moya, Mary D Chamberlin, Martha L Bruce, Suyapa Bejarno

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Article in JCO global oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. High Gastric Cancer Mortality and Years of Life Lost in Nicaragua: A Population-Based Study 1997 to 2012.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathleen Doyle LyonsDartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Linda S KennedyDartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Ethan P M LarochelleThayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Gregory J TsongalisDartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
H Sarahi ReyesLa Liga Contra el Cancer, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
J C Zuniga-MoyaLa Liga Contra el Cancer, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Mary D ChamberlinDartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, NH.
Martha L BruceDepartment of Psychiatry Research, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health System, Lebanon, NH.
Suyapa BejarnoLa Liga Contra el Cancer, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USHonduras Foundation for Agricultural Research · HNDartmouth Cancer CenterDartmouth College · USDartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice · US

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Steven D Leach · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research CenterU48DP005018 · DP · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI ADACHI-MEJIA, ANNA MARIA · 2014 to 2018
$5.6M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS U48 DP005018NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the feasibility of brigade-style, multiphasic cancer screening in Honduras, exploring data from 3 screening events that each tested for multiple cancers on single occasions.

methodsThis series of 3 studies each used a single-arm, post-test-only design to explore the feasibility of implementing multiphasic, community-based cancer screening at the same rural location in 2013, 2016, and 2017. The 2013 event for women screened for 2 cancers (breast and cervix), and the 2016 event for women screened for 3 cancers (breast, cervix, and thyroid). The 2017 event for men screened for 5 cancers (skin, prostate, colorectal, oropharynx, and testes).

resultsTotals of 473 and 401 women participated in the 2013 and 2016 events, respectively, and 301 men participated in the 2017 event. Staffing for each event varied from 33 to 44 people and relied primarily on in-country medical students and local community members. High rates (mean, 88%) of compliance with referral for follow-up testing at clinics and primary care facilities were observed after the screening events.

conclusionThe multiphasic, community-based approach proved feasible for both women and men and resulted in high rates of compliance with follow-up testing. This approach appears highly replicable: it was conducted multiple times across the years with different screening targets, which could be further scaled elsewhere using the same technique.

Indexed as

Early Detection of CancerNeoplasmsFeasibility StudiesFemaleHondurasHumansMaleMultiphasic Screening

Identifiers

PMID32160013
PMCPMC7113136
OpenAlexW3010803162

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