Aim: To explore the potential for preventing cancer development through CRC screening programmes.
Materials and Methods: A number of foreign articles, international guidelines were analysed using PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, and information
from national government websites about the aspects of CRC screening programmes in countries with high rates of participation of the average-risk population
as well as the stages of their implementation for national colorectal cancer screening program development in Ukraine.
Conclusions: The final goal of CRC screening is to decrease mortality by detecting disease at an early stage, which increases treatment effectiveness and provides a better prognosis, as well as reducing incidence in the long term. This decrease in CRC incidence is the result of massive detection of early asymptomatic
cases before they progress to later stages.
KEY WORDS: model, public health, colorectal cancer, screening, cancer prevention, fecal immunochemical test