New way of expanding cancer screening for minority women
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 09:10
in Health & Medicine
Minority patients have a significantly decreased survival from colon cancer compared to white patients, most often as a result of a late diagnosis. To help address this problem, a team of healthcare professionals at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre has identified an efficient way to increase minority access to lifesaving colorectal cancer screening (CRCS) in communities where multiple barriers to preventive care exist. In the 8 November issue of the journal Cancer, the group reports how women living in Harlem were introduced to CRCS during their routine mammography screening...