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Table 3 List of desirable criteria that define organized cancer screening identified by 24 experts, ranked by the proportion of experts strongly agree or agree

From: An international consensus on the essential and desirable criteria for an ‘organized’ cancer screening programme

Desirable criteria selected through Delphi round 2

% (strongly agree/agree)

1. A specified organization or a team is responsible for programme implementation and/or coordination

96

2. Health care professionals comply with protocol/guideline of the screening programme while delivering servicesa

92

3. Cancer screening programme has a system in place to identify cancer occurrence in the target population (e.g. population-based cancer registry)a

88

4. The eligible individuals should be given informed choice with information on benefits and harms

88

5. The screening programme has an operational plan to encourage participation of the target population through improved awarenessa

88

6. Appropriate legal framework exists for registration of individuals and establishing data linkages

83

7. Availability of adequate infrastructure, workforce and supplies for delivery of screening, diagnosis and treatment services

83

8. Equity of access to screening, diagnosis and treatment services should be built into the programme

83

  1. aThe criteria have been rephrased from their original versions