Trial reportScientific reports2021
The effect of deadlines on cancer screening completion: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06929481 (Screening With Liquid Biopsies to Address Colorectal Cancer Inequities), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Screening With Liquid Biopsies to Address Colorectal Cancer Inequities
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Behaviorally Informed Text Messaging to Promote Colon Cancer Screening: A Quality Improvement Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Financial Incentives to Increase Diversity of Older Participants in a Memory Concerns Registry: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA health forum · 2025Trial
- Reminders, but not monetary incentives, increase COVID-19 booster uptake.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Trial
- Can financial incentives and other nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations among the vaccine hesitant? A randomized trial.Vaccine · 2022Trial
- Blood-based cell-free DNA for addressing colorectal cancer screening disparities: a study protocol for a randomised trial.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Evaluating colonoscopy quality by performing provider type.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Screening for Colorectal Cancer: The Role of Clinical Laboratories.Clinical chemistry · 2024Article
- Impact of financial literacy and education on breast and cervical cancer screening participation in Japan.PloS one · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators of colorectal cancer screening using the 5As framework: A systematic review of US studies.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Review
- "It's cancer screening after all". Barriers to cervical and colorectal cancer screening and attitudes to promotion of self-sampling kits upon attendance for breast cancer screening.Journal of medical screening · 2023Article
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- Financial Literacy, Financial Education, and Cancer Screening Behavior: Evidence from Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Although screening facilitates prevention and early detection and is one of the most effective approaches to reducing cancer mortality, participation is low-particularly among underserved populations. In a large, preregistered field experiment (n = 7711), we tested whether deadlines-both with and without monetary incentives tied to them-increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We found that all screening invitations with an imposed deadline increased completion, ranging from 2.5% to 7.3% relative to control (ps < .004). Most importantly, individuals who received a short deadline with no incentive were as likely to complete screening (9.7%) as those whose invitation included a deadline coupled with either a small (9.1%) or large declining financial incentive (12.0%; ps = .57 and .04, respectively). These results suggest that merely imposing deadlines-especially short ones-can significantly increase CRC screening completion, and may also have implications for other forms of cancer screening.
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