Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Erie County Cancer Services Program (CSP) announced a partnership with Tops Friendly Market on Friday seeking to get more people screened for Colorectal Cancer. This March, the ...
Pharmacy-based CRC screening programs using FIT can improve early detection, especially in underserved communities, with effective follow-up care. Patients prefer digital updates for negative results ...
Adding a deadline to a mailed invitation for FIT colorectal cancer screening resulted in improved return rates. The highest return rate was seen with a 2-week deadline. This intervention can be easily ...
FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - The Three Rivers Public Health Department will host a free drive-thru event offering colon cancer test kits this week in tandem with Colorectal Awareness Month. Free take-home ...
People are three times more likely to undergo at-home colon cancer screening if they're provided a free test, a new study says. About 30% of patients mailed a free stool test kit completed their ...
Huntsman Cancer Institute recommends all individuals start regular colorectal cancer screenings at age 45. Colorectal cancer screenings help detect colon and rectal cancer early when it is easier to ...
When given the option, patients ages 45-49 completed colorectal cancer (CRC) screening via fecal immunochemical test (FIT) at about the same rate as 50-year-olds, according to a large retrospective ...
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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People in rural areas experience a variety of barriers to CRC screening. A mailed fecal immunochemical test ...