Use of Screening Colonoscopy Among Minority Women and Men
Completed
Conditions studied: Colorectal Screening
In brief
Colorectal cancer is a cancer in the colon or rectum. Routine screening can find it at an early stage, when it has a much higher chance of cure. Screening can also help to find polyps. These are mushroom shaped growths that could turn into cancer. A polyp can be removed before it turns into cancer. Even though screening can save lives, not enough people in the country are having it. This is especially true in Harlem. Harlem has a higher rate of deaths from this cancer than other places in the U.S. because too many people do not get screened. By the time a person has symptoms, the cancer may be at a late stage, when it is much harder to cure. We are doing this study to see if we can increase the number of people in Harlem who get screened. We plan to tell women about the screening when they have a mammogram or pap test. We will also ask them what they know and think about colorectal cancer. And, we will see if they get other members of their household to be screened.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00613873
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 611
- Starts
- 2003-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2009-01-15
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age > or equal to 50
- Availability by telephone
You may not qualify if…
- History of colorectal cancer screening (fecal occult blood testing annually for last 3 years; colonoscopy within the last 10 years)
- History of colorectal cancer
- Serious illness which precludes colonoscopy (severe heart disease; severe pulmonary disease; uncontrolled diabetes; uncontrolled hypertension; other medical contraindication)
Where it is running
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
- Breast Examination Center of Harlem — New York, New York, United States
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