Good Karron, Niziolek Jessica, Yoshida Cynthia, Rowlands Aletha
Endoscopy Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902, USA.
Gastroenterol Nurs. 2010 May-Jun;33(3):204-8. doi: 10.1097/SGA.0b013e3181e379ed.
African Americans have disproportionally higher rates of colorectal cancer and higher morbidly. Colorectal cancer screening has been shown to decrease mortality form this largely preventable disease. Despite this fact, preventive screening, particularly colonoscopy, has been underutilized by the general population, especially by African Americans. Identifying barriers to preventive screening among African Americans in central Virginia is an important first step toward increasing the rates of colorectal cancer screening in our community.
非裔美国人患结直肠癌的比例更高，病情也更严重。结直肠癌筛查已被证明可降低这种在很大程度上可预防疾病的死亡率。尽管如此，预防性筛查，尤其是结肠镜检查，在普通人群中，尤其是非裔美国人中，并未得到充分利用。确定弗吉尼亚州中部非裔美国人预防性筛查的障碍，是提高我们社区结直肠癌筛查率的重要第一步。
