Health screening needs independent regular re-evaluation

BMJ, vol. 374, pp. n2049

Abstract

Changing circumstances may alter the benefit and risk profile of screening programmes. Fabienne G Ropers and colleagues propose a framework for re-evaluation to ensure continued public benefit

Authors 13

1. Fabienne G. Ropers corresponding Aachen Department of General Paediatrics

   Leiden University Medical Center · Willem-Alexander Kinderziekenhuis

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   Department of General Paediatrics, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands f.g.ropers@lumc.nl

   Department of General Paediatrics, Willem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

2. Alexandra L Barratt

   The University of Sydney

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   Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales

   Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,

3. Timothy J Wilt

   University of Minnesota

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   Minneapolis VA Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

4. Stuart Gordon Nicholls

   Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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   Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada

5. Sian Taylor‐Phillips

   University of Warwick

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   Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK

6. Barnett S. Kramer

   National Cancer Institute

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   Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

7. Laura J. Esserman

   University of California, San Francisco · UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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   Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

8. Susan L. Norris

   Oregon Health & Science University

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   Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

9. Lorna Mary Gibson

   University of Edinburgh

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   Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

10. Russell Harris

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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    School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA

11. Stacy M. Carter

    University of Wollongong

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    Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

12. Gemma Jacklyn

    The University of Sydney

    Affiliation as printed

    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales

    Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,

13. Karsten Juhl Jørgensen

    University of Southern Denmark · Cochrane

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    Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Odense (CEBMO) and Cochrane Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark