The Last Frontier: Innovative Efforts to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among the Remote Alaska Native Population

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Measures changes in rate of colorectal cancer screening among the Alaska Native population in rural and remote Alaska between 2005 and 2010. Reports the impact of intervention programs, such as itinerant endoscopy screening clinics and outreach by patient navigators, on rates of screenings.

Diana Redwood, Ellen Provost, David Perdue, Donald Haverkamp, David Espey

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 75(3), 474-480

03/2012

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American Indian or Alaska Native · Cancer · Health screening · Alaska