/PRNewswire/ -- The American Cancer Society (ACS) and the Colorectal Cancer Alliance (Alliance) are joining forces on Your Colon is 45 - an initiative aimed at...
Health education Fatalism as a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in African American women HAMPTON UNIVERSITY Bertha L. DavisArlene Montgomery HaleySheila MarieAccording to the American Cancer Society (ACS), colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer affecting African American women ...
6 min watch Save VIDEO: The best screening test for colorectal cancer is ‘the one that gets done’ In this Healio video exclusive, Sudha Pandit, MD, reports that the survival rate for colorectal cancer “is over 91%” if caught early, an important reminder during Colorectal Cancer Awareness...
acancer screening guideline. 1In 2001, the ACS published revisions in the early detection guidelines for colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer,and prostate cancer, and an updated narrative related to testing for early lung cancer detection. 2 Guidelines forcervical cancer screening were most recently ...
Cancer screeningColorectal cancerAfrican AmericanCaregiverAfrican Americans experience disproportionate incidence and mortality rates from colorectal cancer (CRC). This health disparity is partially explained by low participation in screening. This study aimed to identify factors influencing adherence to colorectal...
PURPOSE: To update the 2000 American Society of Clinical Oncology guideline on colorectal cancer surveillance. RECOMMENDATIONS: Based on results from three independently reported meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials that compared low-intensity and high-intensity programs of colorectal cancer surveilla...
Today, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released Cancer Statistics, 2025, the organization's annual report on cancer facts and trends. The new findings show the cancer mortality rate declined by 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States, averting approximately 4.5 million deaths. However, thi...
The American College of Surgeons National Cancer Database: A successful initiative in improving colorectal cancer outcomesThe National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) was created by the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society, in an effort to improve cancer care, by collecting data ...
Colorectal cancer incidence andmortality ratesare both approximately 40% higher among AIAN individuals than white individuals overall, but among Alaska Native people specifically, incidence is 2.5 times higher. According to the study authors, this disparity is being exacerbated by steeper increases in ea...
These guidelines joined for the first time the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Cancer Society (ACS), and the U.S. Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (composed of the three gastroenterology societies: the American Gastroenterology Association, American Society for ...