Removing cost-sharing for follow-up colonoscopy led to a 41.2% increase in utilization, demonstrating the impact of financial barriers on screening completion. The study used an interrupted time ...
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that eliminating the race disparity in colon cancer testing in the United States would dramatically reduce colon cancer, and colon ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 49% of those with an abnormal blood-based screening test had a colonoscopy within 6 months. Follow-up was ...
A recent study found that patients who had a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT) but didn’t follow through with a colonoscopy had a fourfold higher risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) than the ...