Mailing of the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) to increase compliance to colorectal cancer screening and to reduce costs

Study hypothesis: European Commission Guidelines on cancer prevention recommend to the member states the implementation of colorectal cancer screening programmes based on the Faecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) every two years in the population 50-70 years old. In Italy, colorectal cancer screening is affected by low compliance. Furthermore the front office activities to give the faecal sampler to the participants are time and cost consuming. A direct mailing strategy of the faecal sampler could increase compliance and could reduce the resource consumption of the front office activities.
Primary outcome(s): Compliance to screening at 60 days after mailing (of the FOBT or of the letter).