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ArticleBMJ open2020

Implementation of colorectal cancer screening interventions in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol.

Désirée Schliemann, Nicholas Matovu, Kogila Ramanathan, Paloma Muñoz-Aguirre, Ciaran O'Neill, Frank Kee, Tin Tin Su, Michael Donnelly

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Désirée SchliemannCentre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK D.Schliemann@qub.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8746-3002
Nicholas MatovuCentre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Kogila RamanathanSouth East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Paloma Muñoz-AguirreCentre for Research and Population Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Ciaran O'NeillCentre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Frank KeeCentre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Tin Tin SuSouth East Asia Community Observatory (SEACO), Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
Michael DonnellyCentre for Public Health and UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K023241/1Medical Research Council MR/P013910/1Medical Research Council MR/S014349/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionColorectal cancer (CRC) imposes a significant global burden of disease. CRC survival rates are much lower in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Screening tends to lead to an improvement in cancer detection and the uptake of available treatments and, in turn, to better chances of cancer survival. Most evidence on CRC screening interventions comes from high-income countries. The objective of this scoping review is to map the available literature on the implementation of CRC screening interventions in LMICs. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will conduct a scoping review according to the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005). We will search MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and Google Scholar using a combination of terms such as "colorectal cancer", "screening" and "low-middle-income countries". Studies of CRC screening interventions/programmes conducted in the general adult population in LMICs as well as policy reviews (of interventions in LMICs) and commentaries on challenges and opportunities of delivering CRC screening in LMICs, published in the English language before February 2020 will be included in this review. The title and abstract screen will be conducted by one reviewer and two reviewers will screen full-texts and extract data from included papers, independently, into a data charting template that will include criteria from an adapted template for intervention description and replication checklist and implementation considerations. The presentation of the scoping review will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews guidance. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: There are no ethical concerns. The results will be used to inform colorectal screening interventions in LMICs. We will publish the findings in a peer-reviewed journal and present them at relevant conferences.

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Developing CountriesMass ScreeningAdultColorectal NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerHumansPovertyResearch DesignScoping Reviews as Topicadult oncologyInternational health servicespreventive medicinepublic health

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PMID32532782
PMCPMC7295404

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