[News in French cancer screenings].

NEWS IN FRENCH CANCER SCREENINGS. Find solutions to achieve the objectives of the French ten-year strategy against cancers is one of the challenges of the changes to come in the three French organized screening (OS) programs. We present an inventory of screenings and innovations that illustrates these issues and proposals to address them.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative colorectal cancer screening strategies in high-risk individuals.

Background And Aims: Current guidelines recommend colonoscopy every 3-5 years for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening of individuals with a familial history of CRC. The objective of this study was to compare the cost effectiveness of screening alternatives in this population.

Methods: Eight screening strategies were compared with no screening: immunochemical test (FIT), Stool DNA and blood-based screening every 2 years, colonoscopy, computed tomography colonography, colon capsules, and sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, and colonoscopy at 45 years followed, if negative, by FIT every 2 years.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of alternative colon cancer screening strategies in the context of the French national screening program.

Background: A nationwide colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program was set up in France from 2009 for average-risk, asymptomatic people aged 50-74 years based on an immunochemical fecal occult blood test [faecal immunochemical test (FIT)] every 2 years, followed by colonoscopy if positive. The European standard recommends a participation rate of 45% for the program to be cost-effective, yet the latest published rate in France was 34%. The objective of this study was to compare the cost effectiveness of screening alternatives taking real-world participation rates into account.

Laurus nobilis, Zingiber officinale and Anethum graveolens Essential Oils: Composition, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities against Bacteria Isolated from Fish and Shellfish.

Several bacterial strains were isolated from wild and reared fish and shellfish. The identification of these strains showed the dominance of the species in all seafood samples, followed by spp., , , , and .

"Cancer Survivors" as Voluntary Helpers in Cancer Associations in France. Limits of the Balance between Service Offer and Social Demand.

Historically, in France, cancer associations have been managed by doctors. Despite this, the French healthcare system has increasingly encouraged them to attract voluntary helpers who are not health workers. This development has given rise to the question of the competence and legitimacy of voluntary workers in cancer associations.