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PDF Vital Signs: Colorectal Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Mortality

Screening lowers colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. CRC is preventable through the removal of premalignant polyps and is curable if diagnosed early. Increased CRC screening and reduced CRC incidence and mortality are among the Healthy People 2020 objectives.

PDF Adherence to Colorectal Cancer Screening

Despite evidence that several colorectal cancer(CRC)screening strategies can reduce CRC mortality,screening rates remain low.This study aimed to determine whether the approach by which screening is recommended influences adherence.

PDF Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indian Men Aged 50 or Older, Kansas and Missouri

American Indian (AI) men have some of the highest rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the United States but among the lowest screening rates. Our goal was to better understand awareness and discourse about colorectal cancer in a heterogeneous group of AI men in the Midwestern United States.

PDF Giant Colons Real Results for Tribes

Surveillance data show American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have higher rates of colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, lower screening rates, and are more often diagnosed at later stages than Whites in many regions of the U.S. Screening can lower incidence and mortality rates, prevent CRC with premalignant polyp removal, and increase survival through diagnosis at earlier stages.

PDF Advantages of Wordless Instructions on How to Complete a Fecal Immunochemical Test

We sought to develop and test low-literacy instructions for completing the fecal immunochemical test.