Global Focus on Return to CRC Screening
The College is honored to join the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) in observing World Digestive Health Day (WDHD) on Sunday, May 29, 2022. ACG supports WGO in its objectives to raise global understanding of recent epidemiologic trends and risk factors for CRC and to support efforts to resume and optimize CRC screening efforts around the world.
Resources for Patients and Physicians: Watch. Listen. Learn.
ACG has identified articles, podcasts, and video presentations that dovetail with WGO’s theme for 2022: “Colorectal Cancer Prevention: Getting Back on Track.”
ACG Resources for Patients
ACG Colorectal Cancer Community Education Toolkit
ACG Resources for Physicians: Watch. Listen. Read.
Watch
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021 – Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG
CRC Survivor and Advocate Allison Rosen on the Patient Journey: What GI Clinicians Need to Know Now – Allison Rosen, MS
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention in the U.S. and Worldwide: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic – David A. Greenwald, MD, FACG
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance: A Case-Based Approach and Guideline Review in 2021 – Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG
Listen
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021 – Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH, FACG
GI OnDEMAND: How Virtual Care Can Help Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening & Surveillance – Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG & Jordan J. Karlitz, MD, FACG
Read
ACG Clinical Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021 – Shaukat, et al.
Updates on Age to Start and Stop Colorectal Cancer Screening: Recommendations From the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer – Patel, et al.
Bridging the Gap: Patient Navigation Increases Colonoscopy Follow-up After Abnormal FIT – Idos, et al.
Community Health Behaviors and Geographic Variation in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Survival Among Women – Holowatyj, et al.
Piecemeal Cold Snare Polypectomy of Large Sessile Serrated Polyps is Safe and Effective: Cold is The New Hot!
A New “Pill Prep” for Colonoscopy: An Effective Alternative for Individuals Who Won’t Drink GoLytely®
Family Matters: Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer Among Individuals with Family History of Polyps
