Prostate cancer screening in Switzerland: 20-year trends and socioeconomic disparities

Guessous, Idris; Cullati, Stéphane; Fedewa, Stacey A.; Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Courvoisier, Delphine S.; Manor, Orly

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.009

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“…However, Fedewa et al found no significant differences in the likelihood of screening between smokers and non‐smokers in Switzerland. The findings on the effect of smoking on screening tests in the present study are consistent with those of Guessous et al, Sing et al and So et al Perhaps because smoking causes serious deteriorations in health, individuals who take less care of their health are also more oblivious to the importance of health screening. The policy implication is that improving health awareness among elderly smokers is necessary to increase the prevalence of blood glucose screening.…”

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“…The effects of income on health screening have been examined in a few empirical studies, 8,11,28 and the outcomes reported therein are consistent with the findings of the present study. Lairson et al 8 found that income Blood glucose screening Y.K.…”

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“…In Korea, Chang et al reported that individuals with higher education levels are more likely to take up gastric cancer screening. In another study, Guessous et al showed that the prevalence of prostate cancer screening is higher among secondary‐ and tertiary‐educated individuals than those who only achieved primary education. Similar findings were reported by Damiani et al In the present study there was also a significant positive association between education and tendency to undergo health screening among the elderly.…”

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Blood glucose screening among elderly Malaysians: Who to target?

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Goh

2016

Journal of Diabetes

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Blood glucose screening among elderly Malaysians: Who to target?

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2016

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“…Language region of residence was added to the models due to known regional differences in lifestyle-associated risk factors (i.e. alcohol and tobacco consumption [27]), screening behaviour [28,29] and treatment regimens [30].…”

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The relative risk of second primary cancers in Switzerland: a population-based retrospective cohort study

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Background: More people than ever before are currently living with a diagnosis of cancer and the number of people concerned is likely to continue to rise. Cancer survivors are at risk of developing a second primary cancer (SPC). This study aims to investigate the risk of SPC in Switzerland. Methods: The study cohort included all patients with a first primary cancer recorded in 9 Swiss population-based cancer registries 1981-2009 who had a minimum survival of 6 months, and a potential follow-up until the end of 2014. We calculated standardized incidence ratios (SIR) to estimate relative risks (RR) of SPC in cancer survivors compared with the cancer risk of the general population. SIR were stratified by type of first cancer, sex, age and period of first diagnosis, survival period and site of SPC. Results: A total of 33,793 SPC were observed in 310,113 cancer patients. Both male (SIR 1.18, 95%CI 1.16-1.19) and female (SIR 1.20, 95%CI 1.18-1.22) cancer survivors had an elevated risk of developing a SPC. Risk estimates varied substantially according to type of first cancer and were highest in patients initially diagnosed with cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, Hodgkin lymphoma, laryngeal, oesophageal, or lung cancer. Age-stratified analyses revealed a tendency towards higher RR in patients first diagnosed at younger ages. Stratified by survival period, risk estimates showed a rising trend with increasing time from the initial diagnosis. We observed strong associations between particular types of first and SPC, i.e. cancer types sharing common risk factors such as smoking or alcohol consumption (e.g. repeated cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx (SIR males 20.12, 95%CI 17.91-22.33; SIR females 37.87, 95%CI 30.27-45.48). Conclusion: Swiss cancer survivors have an increased risk of developing a SPC compared to the general population, particularly patients first diagnosed before age 50 and those surviving more than 10 years. Cancer patients should remain under continued surveillance not only for recurrent cancers but also for new cancers. Some first and SPCs share lifestyle associated risk factors making it important to promote healthier lifestyles in both the general population and cancer survivors.

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“…В США с 1992 по 2012 г. частота скрининга выросла с 55,3 до 70,0 % [9].В Швейцарии было отмечено, что частота скрининга отличалась в зависимости от уровня образованности, профессии. Так, например, она была выше среди населения с вы-соким доходом (> 6000 долларов США в месяц) по сравнению с людьми с низким доходом (< 2000 дол-ларов США в месяц) [10].…”

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