‘Remarkable’ improvement in colorectal cancer screening, death rates with outreach program
SAN DIEGO — Screening rates for colorectal cancers were doubled, CRC-related mortality cut in half and racial disparities nearly eliminated with a 20-year outreach program, according to study results presented at Digestive Disease Week.“Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, with longstanding differences in who gets cancer and who dies