About cancer screenings and saving lives: measuring the effects of cancer screening programs through meta-analyses—A comment to the meta-analysis “Estimated Lifetime Gained With Cancer Screening Tests” by Bretthauer et al. (2023)

• Fabrizio Stracci,
• Domenico Martinelli,
• Francesca Maria Anedda,
• Francesca Maria Anedda,
• Marta Caminiti,
• William Mantovani,
• Valentina Pettinicchio,
• Alessandra Sinopoli,
• Francesco Vitale,
• Roberta Siliquini,
• Walter Mazzucco

Affiliations

Fabrizio Stracci

Section of Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Domenico Martinelli

Hygiene Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Foggia Hospital, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Francesca Maria Anedda

Screening Reference Center, Cagliari Local Health Unit, Cagliari, Italy

Francesca Maria Anedda

Coordinator of Organization and Evaluation Group, Italian Gruppo Screening del Cervicocarcinoma and Gruppo Screening ColoRettale, Firenze, Italy

Marta Caminiti

School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

William Mantovani

Clinical and Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Trust, Trento, Italy

Valentina Pettinicchio

Screening Reference Center, Department of Prevention, Roma 1 Local Health Unit, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Sinopoli

Department of Prevention, Roma 1 Local Health Unit, Rome, Italy

Francesco Vitale

Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Roberta Siliquini

0Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Walter Mazzucco

Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy