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Tag: colorectal cancer

A doodle of an ambulance is surrounded by black lines on a white background.
Posted inUninsured

No health insurance? A non-profit seeks to improve colon cancer screening

by Correspondent March 7, 2023March 6, 2023

By Elizabeth Egan UNC Media Hub In 2015, only 34 percent of patients at community health centers in Buncombe County, North Carolina, were up to date with their colorectal cancer screening. In only six years, that number rose to over 70 percent. Much of this increase can be attributed to the work of the Western […]

Woman and man at a conference table listening to Cancer Moonshot discussion
Posted inHealth Inequities

Taking a moonshot at early colorectal cancer detection in northeastern NC

by Anne Blythe February 17, 2023February 16, 2023
a screenshot of a panel discussion hosted by the american cancer socety
Posted inMedicaid

Cancer health care workers in NC discuss the best way to achieve equity in care – and the answer could lie in Raleigh

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven November 16, 2021November 15, 2021
A woman holds a tiny card with a brush, demonstrating a colorectal cancer screening that can be done at home.
Posted inGender health

NC ‘hotspot’ for colorectal cancer in Black men. Have you been screened?

by Elizabeth Thompson September 7, 2021August 31, 2022
A woman in a white coat talks to a blonde woman.
Posted inPublic Health

Stemming the tide of cancer, one patient at a time

by Liora Engel-Smith January 28, 2021January 27, 2021
A woman holds a tiny card with a brush, demonstrating a colorectal cancer screening that can be done at home.
Posted inHealth Inequities

Providers at this NC colon cancer hotspot seek to shrink the screening gap with at-home tests

by Liora Engel-Smith November 13, 2020January 27, 2021

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