Which of the following activities should be part of a public health cancer screening programme? (Select all that apply)
A)Opportunistic testing for cancer by GPs
B)Monitoring of cancer death rates before and after the screening programme starts
C)Population‐wide invitations to attend screening
D)Good facilities in place for following up those who screen positive
E)More advanced screening tests for those who can afford them

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All 3 should feature in a good population‐based screening
programme.The other two options may detect some cancers earlier in some patients,
but the overall benefit to a population will generally be small (especially for option E),
and costs will be higher.

Which of the Following Activities Should Be Part of a Public