Cancer screening estimates for U.S. metropolitan areas
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 30 April 2003
David E. Nelson, Julie Bolen, Stephen E. Marcus, Henry Wells, Helen I. Meissner
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The BRFSS is a useful, inexpensive, and timely resource for providing metropolitan-area cancer screening estimates and may be used in the future to guide local or county-level screening efforts.
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Estimates of cancer screening varied substantially across metropolitan areas. Increased efforts to improve cancer screening are needed in many urban areas, especially for colorectal cancer screening. The BRFSS is a useful, inexpensive, and timely resource for providing metropolitan-area cancer screening estimates and may be used in the future to guide local or county-level screening efforts.
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