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	General
	Methodological issues
	Appraising
	Using

• Hoff G, Bretthauer M. The science and politics of colorectal cancer screening. PLoS Med 2006;3:e36
• Welch HG. Right and wrong reasons to be screened. Ann Intern Med 2004;140:754-5.
• Gray JA. New concepts in screening. Br J Gen Pract 2004;54:292-8.
• Law M. Screening without evidence of efficacy. BMJ 2004;328:301-2.

• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Uses and abuses of screening tests. Lancet 2002;359:881-4

• Sackett DL. The arrogance of preventive medicine. CMAJ 2002;167:363-4

• Miettinen OS. The useful property of a screening regimen. CMAJ 2001;165:1219-20.

• Ewart RM. Primum non nocere and the quality of evidence: rethinking the ethics of screening. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2000 May-Jun;13(3):188-96 [abstract]

• Wald NJ, Hackshaw AK, Frost CD. When can a risk factor be used as a worthwhile screening test? BMJ 1999;319:1562-5.

• McNeil JJ, O'Brien PE. Screening, case finding and evidence-based guidelines. Med J Aust 1999;171:344-5

• Welch HG. Finding and redefining disease. Eff Clin Pract 1999;2:96-9

• Black WC. Should this patient be screened for cancer? Eff Clin Pract 1999;2:86-95

• From Bandolier

• Evidence based Screening

• Screening white-list

• Screening black-list

• Testing a Screening Test

• Smeeth L. Time for evidence-based screening? J R Soc Med 1998;91:347-8.

• Fletcher SW. Evidence-based screening: What kind of evidence is needed? ACP J Club 1998;128(3):A12-A14

• Stewart-Brown S, Farmer A. Screening could seriously damage your health. BMJ 1997;314:533-4.

Methodological issues

• Lantz PM, Ubel PA. The use of life expectancy in cancer screening guidelines. Moving with caution from model-based evidence to evidence-based guidelines. J Gen Intern Med 2005;20:552-3
• Alberg AJ, Park JW, Hager BW, et al. The use of "overall accuracy" to evaluate the validity of screening or diagnostic tests. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:460-5.

• Baker SG, Kramer BS. The transitive fallacy for randomized trials: if A bests B and B bests C in separate trials, is A better than C? BMC Med Res Methodol 2002;2:13

• Deeks JJ. Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. BMJ 2001;323:157-162

• Mahon J.  Direct and indirect randomized trials of screening: the A's and D's of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. CMAJ 2000;162:1002-4.

Appraising

• Users' Guides

  • Barratt A, Irwig L, Glasziou P, et al. Users' guides to the medical literature: XVII. How to use guidelines and recommendations about screening. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA 1999;281:2029-34.

  • Welch HG, Black WC. Evaluating randomized trials of screening. J Gen Intern Med 1997;12:118-124

  • Greenalgh T. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests. BMJ 1997;315:540-543

Using

• Intepreting

  • Bramwell R, West H, Salmon P. Health professionals' and service users' interpretation of screening test results: experimental study. BMJ 2006;333:284
  • Rembold CM. Number needed to screen: development of a statistic for disease screening.  BMJ 1998;317:307-312

• Prescribing

  • Beaulieu MD, Rivard M, Hudon E, et al. Comparative trial of a short workshop designed to enhance appropriate use of screening tests by family physicians. CMAJ 2002;167:1241-6.

• Informing consumers

  • Irwig L, McCaffery K, Salkeld G, et al. Informed choice for screening: implications for evaluation. BMJ 2006;332:1148-50.
  • Barratt A, Trevena L, Davey HM, et al. Use of decision aids to support informed choices about screening. BMJ 2004;329:507-10.
  • Lee TH, Brennan TA. Direct-to-consumer marketing of high-technology screening tests. N Engl J Med 2002;346:529-31.
  • Edwards A, Unigwe S, Elwyn G, et al. Effects of communicating individual risks in screening programmes: Cochrane systematic review. BMJ 2003;327:703-9 

  • O'Connor AM, Rostom A, Fiset V, et al. Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening decisions: systematic review. BMJ 1999;319:731-4.

• Improving adherence

  • Jepson R, Clegg A, Forbes C, et al. The determinants of screening uptake and interventions for increasing uptake: a systematic review. Health Technol Assess 2000;4:1-133

  • Stone EG, Morton SC, Hulscher ME, et al. Interventions that increase use of adult immunization and cancer screening services: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med 2002;136:641-51

• Setting policies

  • Natowicz M. Newborn screening--setting evidence-based policy for protection. N Engl J Med 2005;353:867-70.

  • Gray JA. Evidence-based screening in the United Kingdom. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2001;17:400-8. [abstract]

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