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Comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions: partnering to launch successful colorectal cancer screening initiatives

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Colorectal cancer control has long been a focus area for Comprehensive Cancer Control programs and their coalitions, given the high burden of disease and the availability of effective screening interventions. Colorectal cancer control has been a growing priority at the national, state, territorial, tribal, and local level. This paper summarizes several national initiatives and features several Comprehensive Cancer Control Program colorectal cancer control successes.

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  1. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Laura C. Seeff, Anne Major & Julie S. Townsend

  2. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Ellen Provost & Diana Redwood

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Indian Health Services, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    David Espey

  4. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Center for Cancer Surveillance and Control, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Diane Dwyer & Robert Villanueva

  5. New York State Department of Health, New York State Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Albany, NY, USA

    Leslie Larsen

  6. Utah Department of Health, Utah Cancer Control Program, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Kathryn Rowley & Banning Leonard

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Seeff, L.C., Major, A., Townsend, J.S. et al. Comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions: partnering to launch successful colorectal cancer screening initiatives. Cancer Causes Control 21, 2023–2031 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9664-9

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