Colorectal screening in Bekescsaba

Introduction: Since the beginning of 2006. an organized colorectal screening pilot-study is beeing performed in the region of city Békéscsaba. The trial-program runs under the proposals of the Hungarian Health Authorities and is based on biannual human specific fecal occult blood test. In the field of hungarian gastroenterology there are some debates considering the optimal colorectal screening method, and unfortunatelly we don't have too much previous data to rely on. On the other side we have thousands of fecal occult blood tests up to now, offering the possibility for valuable considerations. Result: 4379 scr…