Guo, Feng http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-7024
De Brabander, Isabel
Francart, Julie
Candeur, Michel
Polus, Marc
Van Eycken, Liesbet
Brenner, Hermann
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Krebshilfe (70112095)
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Article History
Received: 26 July 2019
Revised: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 30 January 2020
First Online: 18 February 2020
Change Date: 28 June 2021
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01468-w
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval for the implementation of the Wallonia–Brussels-organised CRC screening programme and data linkage with the IMA and BCR databases for analyses was provided by the Sectoral Committee of Social Security and Health with reference number 16/019.
: All participants within the screening programme completed informed consent, declaring that personal information can be used for scientific research to evaluate and improve the screening programme. All analyses were based on the anonymised data and performed within the secured BCR environment, strictly in line with all applicable privacy restrictions. No identifying patient details, images or videos are used in this manuscript.
: Additional summary tables and sensitivity analyses are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The analyses for this project were supported by grants from the German Cancer Aid (No. 70112095) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (No. 01GL1712). Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.