Advanced outreach campaign improves CRC screening rates
SAN DIEGO — Pre-alert text message notification followed by mailed fecal immunochemical test kits improved population-level screening for colorectal cancer during COVID-19, according to research.“The majority of colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality is preventable through early detection via screening, and while efforts have been made across the country to increase screening, the emergence of COVID-19 has drastically changed this landscape,” Sara Zhou, BA, a second-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, told attendees at Digestive DiseaseRead More
