We would like to acknowledge the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable for convening a meeting in September 2010 on integrating cancer screening into the patient centered medical home, and the panel of experts from around the country who attended the meeting and contributed to the ideas expressed in this article.
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Promoting cancer screening within the patient centered medical home†‡
Article first published online: 25 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.3322/caac.20125
Copyright © 2011 American Cancer Society, Inc.
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Sarfaty, M., Wender, R. and Smith, R. (2011), Promoting cancer screening within the patient centered medical home. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 61: 397–408. doi: 10.3322/caac.20125
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DISCLOSURES: This work was supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement No. U50/DP001863. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.
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- Article first published online: 25 AUG 2011
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