VIDEO: Ohio State University program aims to increase CRC screening in Black patients
In a Healio video exclusive, Subhankar Chakraborty, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, outlines a new initiative that aims to cut colorectal cancer screening disparities in half by 2023.According to a university press release, colon cancer screening rates decreased approximately 80% during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, even before the pandemic, Black patients were 20% more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and 40% more likely to die of the disease compared with non-Hispanic white patients.A new outreach program at The Ohio StateRead More
