Tag Archives: Screening

Many People Are Not Getting Recommended Cancer Screening Tests

Among adults in the age groups recommended for screening, about 1 in 5 women reported not being up-to-date with cervical cancer screening, about 1 in 4 women reported not being up-to-date with breast cancer screening, and about 2 in 5 adults reported not being up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening.

Colorectal Cancer Control Program: Increasing Screening to Save Lives fact sheet

CDC’s Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) works with health systems, including clinics, hospitals, and other health care organizations, to use and strengthen strategies that have been shown to work to improve quality screening.

A Rural Community Overcomes Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

“As a personal champion for screening colonoscopies, I used my own story, along with stories of people under the age of 50 in our community who had gone through colonoscopies, in order to encourage our patients to get screened,” write Dr. Van S. Breeding in this blog post.

Mammo Bus Brings Breast Cancer Screening to American Indian Women

A group of partners in and around the Fond du Lac reservation in Minnesota is bringing no-cost mammograms to American Indian women with the Mobile Mammo Bus. More than 650 women have been screened for breast cancer over the nine years that the program has been in place.

Living Through the Decades and Getting Closer to Colorectal Cancer Screening

If you grew up in the 1970s, it was a time of bell bottoms and groovy tunes. You may have worn mood rings and watched John Travolta on Welcome Back Kotter. It’s 2017, and if you’re now 50 years or older, let this be the year of your colorectal cancer screening appointment.

Updated: Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Optimizing Quality (CME)

This continuing education activity provides guidance and tools for clinicians on the optimal ways to implement screening for colorectal cancer to help ensure that patients receive maximum benefit. It has been revised to reflect the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s 2016 Recommendation Statement for colorectal cancer screening.