Impact of a colorectal cancer screening program implantation on delays and prognosis of non-screening detected colorectal cancer.

Background: The implementation of a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme may increase the awareness of Primary Care Physicians, reduce the diagnostic delay in CRC detected outside the scope of the screening programme and thus improve prognosis.

Aim: To determine the effect of implementation of a CRC screening programme on diagnostic delays and prognosis of CRC detected outside the scope of a screening programme.

Methods: We performed a retrospective intervention study with a pre-post design.