Why Do Some Communities Experience Disparities in Early-onset Colorectal Cancer Screening and Survival?

At the AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, Justin Xavier Moore, PhD, MPH, of the University of Kentucky, shared a study on how neighborhood disadvantage impacts mortality rates for early-onset colorectal cancer. And Jordan Baeker Bispo, PhD, MPH, of the American Cancer Society, presented survey results about whether doctors discuss the different colorectal cancer screening options with younger patients who are newly eligible for screening.

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