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Involvement of community pharmacy pharmacists in fecal immunochemical test screening without government support in Japan

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  • Yusuke Jin’o
  • Miharu Ushikai
  • Yuga Komaki
  • Koichi Masuda
  • Masahisa Horiuchi

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy and second leading cause of death worldwide. However, the screening rate, which is a typical preventive measure, remains low. A community pharmacy pharmacist (CPP)-mediated procedure was used to increase the CRC screening rate. A total of 37 community pharmacies in Kagoshima, a core city in Japan, participated in this study. The results were statistically compared with the results of two procedures in Kagoshima City: hospital/clinic institution-mediated and health examination institution-mediated procedures. The cost was set at 1,100 JPY to perform a fecal immunochemical test, considering the costs as the self-payment of the other two procedures. In March 2023, 2,611 kits were distributed, and 273 tests were conducted under the research conditions. A significantly higher percentage of people in their 40s were tested using CPP-mediated procedures (35.2% vs. 14.3% in the hospital/clinic, and 21.8% in the health examination institution, respectively, p

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  • Yusuke Jin’o & Miharu Ushikai & Yuga Komaki & Koichi Masuda & Masahisa Horiuchi, 2025. "Involvement of community pharmacy pharmacists in fecal immunochemical test screening without government support in Japan," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(5), pages 1-12, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0322879
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322879
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