Implementing colorectal cancer screening : workshop summary / / Margie Patlak, Christine Micheel, and Robert German, rapporteurs ; National Cancer Policy Forum ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955899103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2008
• ISBN: 9786611973063; 9780309178303; 0309178304; 9780309121408; 030912140X; 9781281973061; 1281973068
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GermanRobert K; MicheelChristine; PatlakMargie
• Disciplina: 616.9943470756
• Soggetti: Colon (Anatomy) - Cancer - Diagnosis; Medical screening; Rectum - Cancer - Diagnosis; Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Diagnostic Imaging - economics; Conference Proceedings.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Workshop proceedings.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Moving evidence-based recommendations into practice -- Natural history and epidemiology -- Effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening -- Screening strategies -- Effectiveness of community- and office-based interventions -- Overcoming barriers to screening -- Public and patient interventions to implement screening -- Primary care practice interventions to implement screening -- Primary care practice interventions to implement screening -- ; Gastrointestinal specialty practice concerns -- State and federal initiatives to boost colorectal cancer screening -- Employer-based initiatives to increase screening -- Strategies to monitor performance -- Interventions to address costs of developing and maintaining screening programs -- General discussion and wrap-up -- Appendix A : Workshop agenda -- Appendix B : Workshop speakers -- Appendix C : Epidemiology of colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening : a background paper -- Appendix D : The medical home.
• Sommario/riassunto: The IOM's National Cancer Policy Board estimated in 2003 that even modest efforts to implement known tactics for cancer prevention and early detection could result in up to a 29 percent drop in cancer deaths in about 20 years. The IOM's National Cancer Policy Forum, which succeeded the Board after it was disbanded in 2005, continued the Board's work to outline ways to increase screening in the U.S. On February 25 and 26, 2008, the Forum convened a workshop to discuss screening for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer screening remains low, despite strong evidence that screening prevents deaths. With the aim to make recommended colorectal cancer screening more widespread, the workshop discussed steps to be taken at the clinic, community, and health system levels. Workshop speakers, representing a broad spectrum of leaders in the field, identified major barriers to increased screening and described strategies to overcome these obstacles. This workshop summary highlights the information presented, as well as the subsequent discussion about actions needed to increase colorectal screening and, ultimately, to prevent more colorectal cancer deaths.