Many initiatives are in place to raise colorectal cancer awareness. A federal campaign created by CDC, HCFA, and NCI, Screen for Life, is now entering its third year. Katie Couric began a media-based awareness effort in March, 2000. Congress named March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in 2000. Measuring the current capacity of the medical community to perform widespread screening and follow-up is a priority.
Nonphysician providers can play an important role in screening.
CDC is currently exploring the issue of capacity in a study involving both primary care clinicians and specialists. United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Links to non-Federal organizations found at this site are provided solely as a service to our users. These links do not constitute an endorsement of these organizations or their programs by CDC or the Federal Government, and none should be inferred. The CDC is not responsible for the content of the individual organization Web pages found at these links.