Expanding colorectal cancer screening among minority women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) in the United States is inadequate in minority communities and particularly among those who lack insurance. Finding ways to increase screenings in these minorities presents a healthcare challenge. The authors sought to determine whether offering CRCS at the time of mammography is an effective way to increase CRCS among minority women.

Methods

This study was offered to women attending the Breast Examination Center of Harlem (BECH), a community outreach program of Memorial Sloan-Kettering serving the primarily black and Hispanic Harlem Community. Screening was explained, medical fitness was determined, and colonoscopies were performed. Barriers to screening and ways to overcome them were ascertained. Participants had to be at least

SUBMITTER: Shike M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3782747 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature