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Health Care Reform: Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities, Before And After The Affordable Care Act (Aca), Michael Preston Jun 2014

Health Care Reform: Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities, Before And After The Affordable Care Act (Aca), Michael Preston

Michael Preston

Colorectal Cancer is the third most common cancer found in men and women in the United states. In 2014, the American Cancer Society estimates over 142,000 new cases of colorectal cancer and approximately 50,000 deaths. Although the overall death rate for colorectal cancer has decreased over the past 20 years, disparities remain among medically underserved populations.