A Kaiser Permanente colon cancer screening initiative put a huge dent in cancer cases and deaths over two decades, a new study says.
The systematic outreach program doubled colon cancer screening rates, researchers are scheduled to report at the upcoming Digestive Disease Week meeting in San Diego.
As a result, cancer cases were cut by a third and colon cancer deaths by half, researchers report.
In addition, racial disparities in colon cancer outcomes nearly vanished as a result of the initiative, researchers said…