{"title":"Study aims to improve colorectal cancer screening participation.","authors":"William Atkinson","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths (behind lung cancer) in the United States, yet it is one of the most preventable cancers, since screenings can detect pre-cancerous polyps. The removal of polyps inhibits and often eliminates their progression to cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":87045,"journal":{"name":"AHIP Coverage","volume":"49 2","pages":"46-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AHIP Coverage","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths (behind lung cancer) in the United States, yet it is one of the most preventable cancers, since screenings can detect pre-cancerous polyps. The removal of polyps inhibits and often eliminates their progression to cancer.