Implementing a mailed stool sample screening program in clinics providing care for an underserved Hispanic population.

Nikit Venishetty¹, Jessica Calderon-Mora², Navkiran K Shokar³, Pracheta Matharasi¹, Luis Garza⁴, Celina Beltran⁵, Jennifer Molokwu¹

¹Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States.

²The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, United States. Electronic address: Jessica.calderonmora@austin.utexas.edu.

³The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX, United States.

⁴Project Vida Health Center, El Paso, TX, United States.

⁵Centro San Vicente, El Paso, TX, United States.

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Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Hispanics in the US. Despite this, Hispanics are being screened for CRC at a much lower rate than their non-Hispanic white counterparts. Implementing mailed fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) is a cost-effective intervention for increasing CRC screening rates in vulnerable populations, such as Hispanic populations in border metr…

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