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Improving colorectal cancer screening by using community volunteers†

Results of the Carolinas cancer education and screening (CARES) project

  1. Mira L. Katz PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Cathy Tatum MA2,
  3. Stephanie L. Dickinson MAS2,
  4. David M. Murray PhD3,
  5. Kristie Long-Foley PhD4,
  6. M. Robert Cooper MD5,
  7. Morgan Daven MA6,
  8. Electra D. Paskett PhD7

Article first published online: 30 JUL 2007

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22930

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 110, Issue 7, pages 1602–1610, 1 October 2007

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Katz, M. L., Tatum, C., Dickinson, S. L., Murray, D. M., Long-Foley, K., Cooper, M. R., Daven, M. and Paskett, E. D. (2007), Improving colorectal cancer screening by using community volunteers. Cancer, 110: 1602–1610. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22930

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  1. 1

    Health Behavior and Health Promotion, College of Public Health, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  2. 2

    Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio

  3. 3

    Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  4. 4

    Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  5. 5

    Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

  6. 6

    South Atlantic Division, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia

  7. 7

    Epidemiology, College of Public Health, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  1. ‡

    Fax: (614) 293-5611

*A-352 Starling Loving Hall, College of Public Health, 320 West 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210

  1. †

    All women provided written informed consent, and the study was approved by the institutional review boards at Wake Forest University Medical Center and Ohio State University.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 30 JUL 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 22 MAY 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 21 MAY 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 24 JAN 2007

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  • American Cancer Society. Grant Numbers: #TIOG-99-361-02, NCI 1 K07 CA107079

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