Self-order option boosts colorectal cancer screening rates
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A study among Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California shows that allowing patients to self-order a colorectal cancer screening test online improves rates of testing completion.
- PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --A study among Kaiser Permanente members in Southern California shows that allowing patients to self-order a colorectal cancer screening test online improves rates of testing completion.
- If we can increase our colorectal cancer screening rates even by a little, we could have an enormous impact on reducing colorectal cancer mortality, Dr. Hahn said.
- Kaiser Permanente recommends annual at-home colorectal cancer screening for patients between the ages of 50 and 74 years of age, who have had no history of colorectal cancer, have not completed colorectal cancer screening within the past 12 months, and have not completed a colonoscopy within the past 10 years, or sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years.
- The study cohort included 176,231 participants between 50 and 74 years of age who were eligible for colorectal cancer screening.