Most adults in US overdue for colorectal cancer screening report not receive a screening recommendation from their clinician despite having attended a wellness visit in the past year, in a study of more than 5,000 adults. Black, Hispanic and Asian patients were significantly less likely to be reminded compared with White patients. The study showed …
Residents of 3,712 redlined U.S. census-tracts, especially in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, were 64 percent less likely than residents living in A (“Best”) areas to meet colorectal cancer screening targets. Poverty, lack of education and limited English proficiency were among the most significant barriers. See “Historic redlining practices cast a long …
Colorectal cancer screenings in the United States increased between 6 percent and 8 percent and breast cancer screening rates increased up to 4 percent from 2012 and 2019 where local where paid sick leave was mandated. The analysis included workers who already had paid sick leave, meaning they were unlikely to decrease or increase cancer …
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Many patients who receive a positive stool-based screening test result for colorectal cancer did not follow this up with a colonoscopy within one year, according to a study of nearly 33,000 men and women aged 50 to 75 from 2017 to 2020. Stool-based screening tests are effective, noninvasive alternatives to colonoscopy, but to be effective they …
Despite the practical benefits of computed tomography colonography (CTC) for colorectal cancer screening and its endorsement by multiple organizations, the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has declined to cover this procedure by Medicare and Medicaid. A recent analysis of health interviews with nearly 14,000 Americans found that Blacks and Hispanics were nearly …
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Colorectal cancer screening prevalence remained low in 2018 among U.S. adults aged 50 to 54 years, especially among Hispanics and Asians. Screening guidelines recently changed to recommend starting at age 45 for those with an average risk of the cancer. “To anticipate some of the challenges implementing screening programs, we examined patterns of screening among …
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Women who are screened for colorectal cancer before the age of 50 have a significantly reduced risk of the cancer compared to those who have no endoscopic screening or decide to initiate testing at age 50, according to a new study from Massachusetts General Hospital. Researchers found a 50 to 60 percent lower risk of …
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About one-third of the closest colorectal cancer screening facilities for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives was more than 200 miles away, according to a new study. The average distance for the two-thirds of facilities within 200 miles was about 80 miles. American Indian and Alaskan Natives have nearly three times higher incidence rates of colorectal …
“She shaped me as an actor as a musician, as a human being. So when my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer, it was like our whole family got cancer. And she died when she was only 56. Hopefully my heartbreak is your wake up call. Screening finds pre-cancerous polyps so they can be removed …
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Colorectal cancer disparities between Black and White adults were eliminated among members of a Northern California health care organization after it instituted a regionwide, structured colorectal cancer screening program. In 2009, the colorectal cancer death rate (per 100,000) was 54.2 for Black members and 32.6 for white members. By 2019, death rates had fallen by …
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