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Understanding Patient Perspectives to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessment of a Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Testing Program

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The data that support the findings of this study are not openly available due to reasons of sensitivity and protection of participant privacy. An anonymized version may be made available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Data are located in controlled access data storage at the Providence VA Medical Center.

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  1. The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, 195 Waterman Street, Providence, RI, 02906, USA

    Kanika Malani

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Yousef Elfanagely & Kittichai Promrat

  3. Section of Gastroenterology, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA

    Kittichai Promrat

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Conceptualization: K.M.; Data curation: K.M.; Formal Analysis: K.M.; Funding acquisition: N/A; Investigation: K.M.; Methodology: K.M.; Project administration: K.M.; Resources: N/A; Software: N/A; Supervision: K.P., Y.E.; Validation: K.M.; Visualization: K.M.; Writing – original draft: K.M.; Writing – review & editing: K.M., K.P., Y.E. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Malani, K., Elfanagely, Y. & Promrat, K. Understanding Patient Perspectives to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessment of a Mailed Fecal Immunochemical Testing Program. J Gastrointest Canc (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-024-01041-7

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