Objectives To synthesize current evidence on the association between anticipatory anxiety,
defined as apprehension‐specific negative affect that may be experienced when exposed to …

Objective Colorectal screening using faecal immunochemical tests (FITs) can save lives if
the people invited participate. In Scotland, most people intend to complete a FIT but this is …

Objective To better understand barriers to participation in mail‐out bowel cancer screening
programs, two survey studies tested the relationship between psychological distress and self …

Objective To describe the actions taken by recipients of mail‐out faecal occult blood test
(FOBT) kits and to identify the points at which progress towards kit completion typically stops …

Background Population mail-out bowel cancer screening programs save lives through
prevention and early detection; however, their effectiveness is constrained by low …

Simple Summary The early detection of pancreatic cancer is critical as it is usually too late
for potentially curative surgical resection when obvious symptoms such as jaundice have …

Background Participation in bowel cancer screening programs remains poor in many
countries. Knowledge of geographical variation in participation rates may help design …

Purpose Many people do not participate in mail-out bowel cancer screening programs due
to difficulties using the screening kit. The current study investigated the ways the screening …

Abstract Background The Netherlands hosts, as many other European countries, three
population-based cancer screening programmes (CSPs). The overall uptake among these …

Objective To examine the relationships between need for control and self‐reliance and
barriers to bowel cancer screening to better understand the reasons for lower bowel cancer …