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Colorectal Cancer Awareness

Healio spoke with experts in colorectal cancer about screening options, as well as challenges in diagnoses and areas of unmet need.
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  • Ugo Iroku, MD, MHS
  • Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil
  • Deborah A. Fisher, MD, MHS
  • Mark H. O'Hara, MD

    • Deborah A. Fisher, MD, MHS

    In this video, Deborah A. Fisher, MD, MHS, associate professor of gastroenterology at Duke University, discusses:

    • addressing “numerous missed opportunities for diagnosis” in early onset colorectal cancer;
    • offering screening alternatives to colonoscopy to promote patient willingness;
    • effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on screening procedures and access;
    • changes in CRC screening over the past decade;
    • promotion of better accessibility to noninvasive options; and
    • the importance of using electronic health records as part of clinician culture.

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    colorectal cancer
    colonoscopy
    cancer screening
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