{"entity":{"id":"screening-cze-colorectal","kind":"term","name":"Colorectal cancer screening programme in Czechia","aka":["Czechia: national colorectal cancer screening programme"],"tldr":"Czechia runs a national colorectal cancer screening programme started in 2000, offering faecal immunochemical test (FIT) and colonoscopy, as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2016).","summary":"IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national colorectal cancer screening programme in Czechia, with qualitative data for 2016 (source: Other (EU Report 2017)). Policy: documented as a recommendation; programme started in 2000. Tests offered: faecal immunochemical test (FIT) (from age 50, every 2 years); colonoscopy (from age 55, every 10 years). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests yes, treatment not reported. Invitations: the eligible population is invited (Letter). Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): reported for 2016 on the fact sheet.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Czechia, colorectal","url":"https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/CZE/colorectal"}],"tags":["screening-programme"],"related":["canscreen5","national-screening-programmes"],"cancers":["colorectal"],"sections":["early-detection"],"technologies":["colorectal-screening"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["screening"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"category":"Epidemiology & prevention"},"route":"/terms/screening-cze-colorectal/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"canscreen5","kind":"collection","name":"IARC Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5)","route":"/collections/canscreen5/"}],"term":[{"id":"national-screening-programmes","kind":"term","name":"National cancer screening programmes","route":"/terms/national-screening-programmes/"},{"id":"screening","kind":"term","name":"Screening","route":"/terms/screening/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"colorectal","kind":"cancer","name":"Colorectal cancer","route":"/cancers/colorectal/"}],"section":[{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"colorectal-screening","kind":"technology","name":"Colorectal cancer screening (colonoscopy, FIT, stool DNA, blood)","route":"/technologies/colorectal-screening/"}]}}