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

Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 115 pages) : illustrations Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents 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 -- Gastrointestinal specialty practice concerns -- State and federal initiatives to boost colorectal cancer screening. Colorado screening initiatives. Nebraska screening initiatives. Population-based federal screening initiatives -- Employer-based initiatives to increase screening -- Strategies to monitor performance -- Interventions to address costs of developing and maintaining screening programs. Colorectal cancer screening in primary care. Cost considerations in medical practice. Costs of developing and maintaining public health colorectal cancer screening programs -- General discussion and wrap-up. Screening implementation. Communications. Costs and coverage. Primary care system. Final words Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Congresses Rectum -- Cancer -- Diagnosis -- Congresses Medical screening -- Congresses Colorectal Neoplasms -- diagnosis Diagnostic Imaging -- economics MEDICAL -- Oncology. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer. Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Diagnosis Medical screening Rectum -- Cancer -- Diagnosis Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Patlak, Margie Micheel, Christine German, Robert K National Cancer Policy Forum (U.S.) Institute of Medicine (U.S.) LC no. 2009419304 ISBN 9780309121408 030912140X 1281973068 9781281973061

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