Colorectal cancer risk assessment and precision approaches to screening: brave new world or worlds apart?

F Kastrinos, SS Kupfer, S Gupta - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Current colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations take a “one-size-fits-all”
approach using age as the major criterion to initiate screening. Precision screening that …

Barriers driving racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening in African Americans

PM White, SH Itzkowitz - Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Colorectal cancer screening has been shown to decrease
mortality from colorectal cancer. Screening disparities continue to exist among ethnic …

Impact of patient–provider race, ethnicity, and gender concordance on cancer screening: findings from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

J Malhotra, D Rotter, J Tsui, AAM Llanos… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2017 - AACR
Background: Racial and ethnic minorities experience lower rates of cancer screening
compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs). Previous studies evaluating the role of patient …

Perceptions of colorectal cancer screening in urban African American clinic patients: differences by gender and screening status

SB Bass, TF Gordon, SB Ruzek, C Wolak… - Journal of Cancer …, 2011 - Springer
African Americans have higher colorectal cancer (CRC) morbidity and mortality than whites,
yet have low rates of CRC screening. Few studies have explored African Americans' own …

State disparities in colorectal cancer mortality patterns in the United States

D Naishadham, I Lansdorp-Vogelaar, R Siegel… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates have been decreasing for many
decades in the United States, with the decrease accelerating in the most recent time period …

Asian and Hispanic Americans' cancer fatalism and colon cancer screening

J Jun, KM Oh - American Journal of Health Behavior, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Objectives: To explore fatalistic attributions of colon cancer development among Asian and
Hispanic Americans in comparison with non-Hispanic whites; also to examine the impacts of …

Identifying barriers to colonoscopy screening for nonadherent African American participants in a patient navigation intervention

JR Sly, T Edwards, RC Shelton… - Health education & …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
African Americans have a higher rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality than other
racial/ethnic groups. This disparity is alarming given that CRC is largely preventable through …

Screen to save: results from NCI's colorectal cancer outreach and screening initiative to promote awareness and knowledge of colorectal cancer in racial/ethnic and …

DE Whitaker, FR Snyder, SL San Miguel-Majors… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2020 - AACR
Abstract Background: The Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD), National
Cancer Institute (NCI), launched Screen to Save, NCI's Colorectal Cancer Outreach and …

Culturally targeted educational intervention to increase colorectal health awareness among African Americans

PD Morgan, J Fogel, ID Tyler, JR Jones - … of Health Care for the Poor …, 2010 - muse.jhu.edu
Background/objectives. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third cause of cancer deaths for
African Americans. Objectives: 1) increase CRC knowledge, 2) decrease cancer fatalism …

Reported benefits of participation in a research study

AG Castillo, L Jandorf, LD Thélémaque, S King… - Journal of community …, 2012 - Springer
Racial and ethnic minorities are significantly underrepresented in clinical research trials.
Several socio-cultural and systemic barriers, ranging from discrimination by the health care …