FIT intervention boosts colorectal cancer screening across racial/ethnic groups

What they found: In this secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial of 3,734 patients, the intervention increased colorectal cancer screening by 18.3 percentage points overall. The intervention effect was similar across Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White patients and did not differ significantly by race or ethnicity. Among patients with a positive FIT who required follow-up colonoscopy, the intervention's effect was also similar across racial groups. However, overall completion rates remained substantially lower for Black patients than White patients, even in the intervention arm.

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American Academy of Family Physicians

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