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. 2024 Feb 20;74(740):e156–e164. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2023.0117

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Risk-tailored cancer screening has the potential to increase the benefits and reduce the harms of screening, with implementation foreseeable in the future. This approach will require a change of practice, particularly for GPs, therefore successful implementation will depend on its acceptability. This qualitative interview study found that GPs felt that risk-tailored screening was acceptable in principle; however, they had some concerns for their patients and practice. Strategies to reduce the potential for patient confusion and to support GPs to deliver risk-tailored screening will be needed to increase feasibility.