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Scientific Resources

Contents

• BRFSS Prevalence Data
• Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
• Publications
  • MMWR Publications
  • Other Journal Publications
• Training Tool: Call to Action Slide Set

BRFSS Prevalence Data

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data

Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

Despite the availability of effective screening tests and new guidelines recommending screening from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (updated July 2002), the American Cancer Society*, and an interdisciplinary task force, services for colorectal cancer screening are underused.

*Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.

 MMWR Publications

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 9, 2003;52(10)

• Donated Television Airplay of Colorectal Cancer Education Public Service Announcements – United States, 1999 – 2002
  
  
• Colorectal Cancer Test Use Among Persons Aged 50 Years And Older – United States, 2001

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 9, 2001;50(09)

• "Trends In Screening for Colorectal Cancer — United States, 1997 and 1999"
  

Notice to Readers: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 19, 2004;53(10):221

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — March 2003. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 14, 2003;52(10)

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — March 2001. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 9, 2001;50(09)

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — March 2000. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), March 17, 2000;49(10)

Screening for Colorectal Cancer – United States, 1997. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 19, 1999;48(06):116–121

Seeff L, Nadel M, Blackman D, and Pollack LA. Colorectal Cancer Test Use Among Persons Aged 50 Years And Older – United States, 2001; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 2003;52(10):193-196.

• Press Release, March 13, 2003
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening Fact Sheet
  • Telebriefing Transcript

• 2003 Radio News Release
  • English (1:00) (WAV–1,263K)
  • Spanish (1:19) (WAV–859K)
  • Transcripts

Other Journal Publications

• Coughlin SS, Thompson TD, Seeff L, Richards T, Stallings F. Breast , Cervical, and Colorectal Carcinoma Screening in a Demographically Defined Region of the Southern U.S. Cancer 2002;95(10)2211–2222.

• Levin TR, Conell C, Shapiro JA, Chazan SG, Nadel MR, Selby JV. Complications of Screening Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. Gastroenterology 2002;123(6):1786–1792.

• Levin B, Smith RA, Feldman GE, Colditz GA, Fletcher RH, Nadel M, Rothenberger DA, Schroy PS, III, Vernon SW, Wender R. Promoting Early Detection Tests for Colorectal Carcinoma and Adenomatous Polyps: A Framework for Action: The Strategic Plan of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. Cancer 2002;95(8):1618–1628.

• Nadel MR, Blackman DK, Shapiro JA, Seeff LC. Are People Being Screened for Colorectal Cancer as Recommended? Results from the National Health Interview Survey. Preventive Medicine 2002;35(3):199–206.

• Seeff LC, Shapiro JA, Nadel MR. Are We Doing Enough to Screen for Colorectal Cancer? Findings From the 1999 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The Journal of Family Practice 2002;51(9):761–766.

• Jorgensen CM, Gelb CA, Merritt TL, Seeff LC. Observations from the CDC: CDC's Screen for Life: A National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign. Journal of Women's Health and Gender Based Medicine 2001;10(5):417–422.

• Ashley OS, Nadel M, Ransohoff DF. Achieving Quality in Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening for Colorectal Cancer. American Journal of Medicine 2001;111(8):643-653.

• Shapiro JA, Seeff LC, Nadel MR. Colorectal Cancer-Screening Tests and Associated Health Behaviors. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2001;21(2):132–137.

• Ries LA, Wingo PA, Miller DS, Howe HL, Weir HK, Rosenberg HM, Vernon SW, Cronin K, Edwards BK. Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1973-1997. Cancer, 2000;88(10):2398-2424.

Training Tool: Call to Action Slide Set

Call to Action: Prevention and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer Slide Set

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