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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

UK National Screening Committee position statement on surrogate outcomes in cancer screening trials.

Sarah Batson, Allan Hackshaw, Anne Mackie, Mike Richards, Rosalind Given-Wilson, Emma Atakpa, Edmund Njeru Njagi, Bethany Shinkins, Tom Callender, Chris Hyde and 8 more

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Sarah BatsonWarwick Screening, Warwick Applied Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Allan HackshawCancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, Cancer Institute, University College London, UK.
Anne MackieUK National Screening Committee Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
Mike RichardsUK National Screening Committee Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
Rosalind Given-WilsonUK National Screening Committee Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
Emma AtakpaWarwick Screening, Warwick Applied Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Edmund Njeru NjagiWarwick Screening, Warwick Applied Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Bethany ShinkinsWarwick Screening, Warwick Applied Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Tom CallenderUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Chris HydeInstitute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Cristina VisintinUK National Screening Committee Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
David ThompsonUK National Screening Committee Secretariat, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
Eleanor CozensPublic representative, Adult Reference Group, UK National Screening Committee, Department of Health and Social Care, London, UK.
D Gareth EvansManchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Karla HemmingInstitute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Katherine PayneDivision of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, The University of Manchester, UK.
Steve HalliganUCL Centre for Medical Imaging, Division of Medicine, Rayne Institute, London, UK.
Sian Taylor-PhillipsWarwick Screening, Warwick Applied Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK s.taylor-phillips@warwick.ac.uk.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC13224044

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