WATCH: ACS grantee links obesity and colorectal cancer

Heather Bittner-Fagan, MD, Director of Health Services Research, Christiana Care Health Services, Family and Community Medicine, discusses her research which focuses on obesity and colorectal cancer screening behavior. Her research also involves interventional studies which look at ways to improve colorectal cancer screening in primary care practices.

American Cancer Society Encourages Everyone 50 and Older To Get Tested for Colon Cancer

This March, the American Cancer Society is encouraging all men and women age 50 and older to make getting tested for colorectal cancer a priority. Colorectal cancer (commonly referred to as colon cancer) is one of only two cancers that can actually be prevented through testing. Overall, colon cancer rates have declined rapidly in both [...]