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August 2021 | Snapshot
August 2021 | Snapshot
Building Health System Capacity to Address Medical Misinformation and Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening
Dr. Brian Southwell is Senior Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program in the Center for Communication Science at RTI International. He is a social scientist who oversees quantitative and qualitative research to assess risk perceptions, mental models of scientific concepts, and public trust in science and scientists. Southwell also is an active …
Presentation: Current Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Dr. Jeffrey Hostetter speaks about the current guidelines for screening.
USPSTF Updates CRC Screening Recommendations
May 18, 2021 – The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a final Recommendation, Evidence Summary, and Modeling Study on screening for colorectal cancer. The primary difference from the previous 2016 recommendation is that average risk adults are now recommended to start screening at age 45, in alignment with the American Cancer Society’s …