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A call to improve the quality of screening programs

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The CanScreen5 project provides a tool for monitoring the performance and improving the quality of global cancer screening programs — and highlights the importance of robust quality assurance in this setting.

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Fig. 1: The EASY framework for population-based cancer screening programs.

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  1. Office of Cancer Screening, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

    Fei Wang, Xuesi Dong & Ni Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Cancer Data Science, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

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Wang, F., Dong, X. & Li, N. A call to improve the quality of screening programs. Nat Med 29, 1062–1063 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02305-8

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