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Online Survey to Identify Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

Wed, 04/19/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) and Fleet Pharmaceuticals are conducting an online survey to identify barriers that prevent people from getting colorectal cancer screening done. They promise that survey results will be kept strictly confidential, and results will be reported in aggregate form without identifying particular individuals. They are asking people who visit the CCA site if they are willing to participate in this survey.

Marshall Kragen, a survivor of colorectal cancer, founded the Colon Cancer Internet Discussion List in 1996, a large international Internet "family" where individuals support one another in their battles with colorectal cancer. The CCA grew out of this discussion list, when list members, who had often talked about the lack of an organized effort to promote public awareness about colorectal cancer and to provide support services for those affected by the disease, created the organization to provide these resources. All the board members of the organization have a personal or family history of colorectal cancer.

The Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA) and Fleet Pharmaceuticals are conducting an online survey to identify barriers that prevent people from getting colorectal cancer screening done. They promise that survey results will be kept strictly confidential, and results will be reported in aggregate form without identifying particular individuals. They are asking people who visit the CCA site if they are willing to participate in this survey.

Marshall Kragen, a survivor of colorectal cancer, founded the Colon Cancer Internet Discussion List in 1996, a large international Internet "family" where individuals support one another in their battles with colorectal cancer. The CCA grew out of this discussion list, when list members, who had often talked about the lack of an organized effort to promote public awareness about colorectal cancer and to provide support services for those affected by the disease, created the organization to provide these resources. All the board members of the organization have a personal or family history of colorectal cancer.