Population Screening Act: risk stratification based on familial risk of bowel cancer

The Committee on Population Screening of the Health Council of the Netherlands advises the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport to grant a permit for scientific research of the Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam on risk stratification within the national population screening programme for bowel cancer. To explore the possibility of risk stratification based on a familial risk of bowel cancer approximately 6,000 people will be approached who receive an invitation for bowel cancer screening in the Amsterdam region in 2015 and 2016.