Understanding the potential and challenges of adenoma treatment as a prevention opportunity: Insights from the BeWEL formative study
Highlights
► Adenoma diagnosis presents opportunities and challenges for prevention. ► Screening patients did not appear to know that the polyps could be pre-cancerous. ► Awareness of the role of lifestyle in preventing adenoma recurrence was limited. ► Screening professionals should endorse adenoma prevention messages.
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The BeWEL team: Dr Annie S Anderson, Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, University of Dundee, UK; Prof Jill JF Belch, Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit, University of Dundee, UK; Dr Stephen Caswell, Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, University of Dundee, UK; Dr Angela M Craigie, Centre for Research into Cancer Prevention and Screening, University of Dundee, UK; Dr Fergus Daly, Dental Health Services Research Unit, University of Dundee, UK; Dr Alison Kirk, Department of Sport, Culture & the Arts, University of Strathclyde, UK; Prof Anne Ludbrook, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, UK; Ms Jackie Rodger, Colorectal Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, NHS Tayside, UK; Ms Martine Stead, Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and the Open University, UK; Prof Robert Steele, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, UK; Miss Joyce Thompson, Directorate of Public Health, Dundee, NHS Tayside, UK; Dr Shaun Treweek, Quality, Safety & Informatics Research Group, University of Dundee and Tayside Clinical Trials Unit, UK; Prof Jane Wardle, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK.