Text messaging as a tool to improve cancer screening programs (M-TICS Study): A randomized controlled trial protocol

• Nuria Vives,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5490-6110

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• Albert Farre,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

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• Gemma Ibáñez-Sanz,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain, Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Gastroenterology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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• Carmen Vidal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-2710

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• Gemma Binefa,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain

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• Núria Milà,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain

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• Maria Jose Pérez-Lacasta,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Economics, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain, Research Group on Economic Evaluation and Health (GRAES), Reus, Spain

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• Noemie Travier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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• Llucia Benito,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundamental Care and Medical Surgical Nursing Department, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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• Josep Alfons Espinàs,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Catalonian Cancer Strategy, Department of Health, Government of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

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• Guillermo Bagaria,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Official College of Pharmacists of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Montse Garcia

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mgarcia@iconcologia.net

  Affiliations Cancer Screening Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Early Detection of Cancer Research Group, EPIBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBEResp), Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3437-3185

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