Abstract
We examined colorectal cancer screening using fecal occult blood tests from fiscal year 2005 to 2009 at our facility in Ishikawa prefecture. The complete examination rate in each fiscal year was 79.8, 82.5, 85.7, 83.4, and 78.7% in the order of the time series. All of them were higher than the national average by about as much as 10%, and those of fiscal year 2007 and 2008 were higher than that of others. The cancer detection rate in each fiscal year was 0.16, 0.17, 0.26, 0.26, and 0.22% in the order of the time series, and those of fiscal year 2007 and 2008 were higher than that of others. In our facility, client reminders have been performed up to two times, which may contribute to the high complete examination rate.
