Implementing Colorectal Cancer Screening: Workshop Summary

by National Cancer Policy Forum and Institute of Medicine

The IOM's National Cancer Policy Board estimated in 2003 that even modest efforts to implement known tactics for cancer prevention and early detection could result in up to a 29 percent drop in cancer deaths in about 20 years. The IOM's National Cancer Policy Forum, which succeeded the Board after it was disbanded in 2005, continued the Board's work to outline ways to increase screening in the U.S. On February 25 and 26, 2008, the Forum convened a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309121396
• ISBN13: 9780309121392
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"