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<strong>KCE</strong> <strong>reports</strong> vol.45 Screen<strong>in</strong>g for Colorectal Cancer 5<br />

ABBREVIATIONS<br />

Acronym Full text<br />

ACCP European Advisory Committee on Cancer Prevention<br />

ACG American College of Gastroenterologists<br />

ACP American Collega of Physicians<br />

ACPGBI Association of Coloproctology for Great Brita<strong>in</strong> and Ireland<br />

ACS American Cancer Society<br />

AFAP Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis<br />

AGA American Gastroenterological Association<br />

AGEQ Association des Gastro-Entérologues du Québec<br />

AGEQTF Quebec Association of Gastroenterology Task Force<br />

AGREE Appraisal of Guidel<strong>in</strong>es Research and Evaluation<br />

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality USA (formerly AHCPR)<br />

AHTAC Australian Health Technology Advisory Committee<br />

AJCC American Jo<strong>in</strong>t Committee on Cancer<br />

ANAES<br />

Agence Nationale d'Accréditation et d'Evaluation en Santé France; nowadays:<br />

HAS - Haute Autorité de Santé<br />

AR Absolute Risk<br />

ASCO American Society of Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Oncology<br />

ASGE American Society for Gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al Endoscopy<br />

AUD Australian dollars<br />

BSG British Society of Gastroenterology<br />

CBO<br />

Centraal Begeleid<strong>in</strong>gsOrgaan, nowadays Kwaliteits<strong>in</strong>stituut voor de<br />

Gezondheidszorg CBO - Nederland<br />

CDC Centers for Disease Control and prevention (US)<br />

CDN Canadian dollars<br />

CDSR Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews<br />

CEA Cost-effectiveness Analysis<br />

CEBM Centre for Evidence-Based Medic<strong>in</strong>e<br />

CER Control Event Rate<br />

CG Control Group<br />

CI Confidence Interval<br />

CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nurs<strong>in</strong>g and Allied Health Literature<br />

CPG Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Practice Guidel<strong>in</strong>es<br />

CR Crude (all ages) <strong>in</strong>cidence rate (n/100.000 person years)<br />

CRC Colorectal Cancer<br />

CRCT Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials<br />

CRD Centre for Reviews and Dissim<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

CT Computerised Tomography<br />

CTC Computerised Tomography Colonography<br />

CTFPHC Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care<br />

Cum Se Cumulative Sensitivity (after primary screen<strong>in</strong>g and re-screen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

DALY Disability Adjusted Life Years<br />

DARE Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness<br />

DCBE Double Contrast Barium Enema<br />

DKFZ Deutsche Krebsvorschungszentrum<br />

DKK Danish Krone<br />

DPCP Detectable Pre-Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Phase<br />

DRE Digital Rectal Exam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

EDD Extensive Distal Diverticulosis<br />

EER Experimental Event Rate

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