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SUBMITTER: Kinney AY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927734 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kinney Anita Y AY Boonyasiriwat Watcharaporn W Walters Scott T ST Pappas Lisa M LM Stroup Antoinette M AM Schwartz Marc D MD Edwards Sandra L SL Rogers Amy A Kohlmann Wendy K WK Boucher Kenneth M KM Vernon Sally W SW Simmons Rebecca G RG Lowery Jan T JT Flores Kristina K Wiggins Charles L CL Hill Deirdre A DA Burt Randall W RW Williams Marc S MS Higginbotham John C JC
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20140121 7
<h4>Purpose</h4>The rate of adherence to regular colonoscopy screening in individuals at increased familial risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) is suboptimal, especially among rural and other geographically underserved populations. Remote interventions may overcome geographic and system-level barriers. We compared the efficacy of a telehealth-based personalized risk assessment and communication intervention with a mailed educational brochure for improving colonoscopy screening among at-risk relative ...[more]